externally fused amp

[curtdakota]

im buying an AQ2200D and this is the first amp ive had that isnt internally fused (i currently have its little brother, the AQ1200D). i will dedicating a run of knu 1/0 wire for the amp, now my question is do i fuse 18" from the battery AND close to the amp..or will the fuse at the battery be sufficient? id like to just fuse near the battery if possible, id like to get away with the least amount of connections possible, but if i HAVE to fuse near the amp i will.

[Rebel4055]

Pretty sure 1 fuse will do the job.

[curtdakota]

Pretty sure 1 fuse will do the job.

sweet thanks, i asked this question a while ago on another forum and i got a 50/50 answer, so i just needed confirmation

[Freshman6969]

if you wanna be extra safe then 2 fuses, but its not necessary, you only need 2 fuses if you have 2 batterys or more if more batterys

[curtdakota]

if you wanna be extra safe then 2 fuses, but its not necessary, you only need 2 fuses if you have 2 batterys or more if more batterys

thanks, im not too worried about being "extra safe" just plain old "safe" works for me, the 1/0 run is only like 6 or 7 feet feet long anyway, its just in an extended cab dakota.

[BeachJoshua]

By externally fused do you mean this amp has no fuses?

I'm not exactly a noob, but I've never heard of such.

[curtdakota]

By externally fused do you mean this amp has no fuses?

I'm not exactly a noob, but I've never heard of such.

yeah the amp has no onboard fusing, your suppose to provide the fusing via your power wire, alot of the bigger class D amps dont have fusing, ive just never used a bigger amp like this.

[BeachJoshua]

By externally fused do you mean this amp has no fuses?

I'm not exactly a noob, but I've never heard of such.

yeah the amp has no onboard fusing, your suppose to provide the fusing via your power wire, alot of the bigger class D amps dont have fusing, ive just never used a bigger amp like this.

Sounds like something that could go very bad in the wrong hands.

[curtdakota]

By externally fused do you mean this amp has no fuses?

I'm not exactly a noob, but I've never heard of such.

yeah the amp has no onboard fusing, your suppose to provide the fusing via your power wire, alot of the bigger class D amps dont have fusing, ive just never used a bigger amp like this.

Sounds like something that could go very bad in the wrong hands.

you guys are making it sound like you've never heard of an amp being externally fused... look at any high powered amp.. AQ2200D, AQ3500D, sundown saz1500D, saz2500D, saz3500D, and saz4500D, i could name more, but you get my point.

[AMI CUSTOMS]

You need to put a fuse as close to the amp as possible on the power wire use an anl 250 or 200. And it will tell you in the paper work with the amp how they recommend it.