Fusing your subs?

[wetapoo 0]

does anyone put a fuse between your subs and amp? just wondering because i used to have some g5's and they had fuses to hook them up at 8 ohms or 2 ohms. "seen several other woofers with fuse systems like some jvc's"

just wondering is it a good idea to fuse them or bad idea?

[bassahaulic 155]

It's dumb

[wetapoo 0]

It's dumb

...explain

[bassahaulic 155]

They are used to stop to much power from getting to the subs.

But i can't remember a time when I put more rms power into a speaker then what it is rated for.

[NB50 206]

does anyone put a fuse between your subs and amp? just wondering because i used to have some g5's and they had fuses to hook them up at 8 ohms or 2 ohms. "seen several other woofers with fuse systems like some jvc's"

just wondering is it a good idea to fuse them or bad idea?

Are you sure they were fuses and not just a bridging module that looked like a fuse?

[bassahaulic 155]

does anyone put a fuse between your subs and amp? just wondering because i used to have some g5's and they had fuses to hook them up at 8 ohms or 2 ohms. "seen several other woofers with fuse systems like some jvc's"

just wondering is it a good idea to fuse them or bad idea?

Are you sure they were fuses and not just a bridging module that looked like a fuse?

They do use fuses, I can see the 10 on them. And a shop out here has them, they are defiantly fuses.

http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_9091_J...+CS-AW8040.html

Edited March 13, 2009 by bassahaulic

[wetapoo 0]

does anyone put a fuse between your subs and amp? just wondering because i used to have some g5's and they had fuses to hook them up at 8 ohms or 2 ohms. "seen several other woofers with fuse systems like some jvc's"

just wondering is it a good idea to fuse them or bad idea?

Are you sure they were fuses and not just a bridging module that looked like a fuse?

they were fuses. and the subs did not like my jl amp they would make this loud pop " not bottoming out or anything" and they would only do it on my jl amp so i sold them

Edited March 13, 2009 by wetapoo

[NB50 206]

They use them to prevent to much power from going to the subs.

[bassahaulic 155]

They are used to stop to much power from getting to the subs.

But i can't remember a time when I put more rms power into a speaker then what it is rated for.

They use them to prevent to much power from going to the subs.

reallllly now?

[wetapoo 0]

ok now this isnt an argument on what fuses do. just a friendly topic lol

[bassahaulic 155]

Were not arguing lol

arguing involves curse words.

If you can, I would avoid the fuses.

[NB50 206]

They are used to stop to much power from getting to the subs.

But i can't remember a time when I put more rms power into a speaker then what it is rated for.

They use them to prevent to much power from going to the subs.

reallllly now?

Ok, then they use them as a safe guard on warranty claims.

Were not arguing lol

arguing involves curse words.

If you can, I would avoid the fuses.

Why are you contradicting yourself now? If you never over power your speakers then there would be very little reason to avoid the fuses.

[bassahaulic 155]

I worded my self wrong lol Sorry

I left out the word didn't.

But i can't remember a time when I didn't put more rms power into a speaker then what it is rated for.

[KU40 173]

It's a marketing gimmick basically. There's no guarantee that the fuse will blow before the sub does anyways. Plus you can still blow the sub mechanically, the fuse has no bearing on that.

[ABXX49 20]

It's a marketing gimmick basically. There's no guarantee that the fuse will blow before the sub does anyways. Plus you can still blow the sub mechanically, the fuse has no bearing on that.

My "local" shop carries Boston. They really try to push the fused thing on me when I go.

[bassahaulic 155]

It's a marketing gimmick basically. There's no guarantee that the fuse will blow before the sub does anyways. Plus you can still blow the sub mechanically, the fuse has no bearing on that.

My "local" shop carries Boston. They really try to push the fused thing on me when I go.

Do they tell you why?

[Adrian_D 520]

Fuses are there to protect from extra current. IMO, they are a gimmick, because impedance varies across the spectrum and at some frequencies you will have more current while at some you have less current through the fuse.

bassahaulic, don't post in this idiotic manner anymore. Either bring arguments or don't post at all. 5 word posts are retarted.

[bassahaulic 155]

Fuses are there to protect from extra current. IMO, they are a gimmick, because impedance varies across the spectrum and at some frequencies you will have more current while at some you have less current through the fuse.

bassahaulic, don't post in this idiotic manner anymore. Either bring arguments or don't post at all. 5 word posts are retarted.

I just keep coming back to this post, idk why.

I was just asking, in post #16, if they tell him why he should use the fusing. I suppose I could have worded it better.

But in the future I will try to be less idiotic.

[BoomBoxB 0]

sounds dumb

[ABXX49 20]

I don't remember what their reasoning was. I just remember them basically saying stuff like, "OMGZZZ YOU NEED FUSES!!!"

[aznboi3644 2]

Were not arguing lol

arguing involves curse words.

If you can, I would avoid the fuses.

FYI...arguing does NOT involve cussing.

[meccalli 1]

i know *think* that an amp sends varying power to the sub depending on freq and amplitude..well what if some one overdoes it and clips the amp significantly boosting the output..couldn't a fuse prevent that?.....not that i would ever want to since ive only killed woofers by mechanical failure *deliberate free air woofer porn *

[blue fury 3]

A fuse assumes chances of too much current. You would have to assume you are going to send your sub too much power to begin with. If you can choose how much power to send to your subs, why would you fuse it?

Shakes head.

[meccalli 1]

ye but it would be good for people who dont know how to balance gains , might give em a warning rather than a lesson in burnt coils...no one assumes accidental clipping..hell..even distortion gnna kill a sub..but i guess a fuse can't stop that..:/

Edited March 14, 2009 by mecalli

[blue fury 3]

ye but it would be good for people who dont know how to balance gains , might give em a warning rather than a lesson in burnt coils...no one assumes accidental clipping..hell..even distortion gnna kill a sub..but i guess a fuse can't stop that..:/

Learning to set your gains is free.

It takes less time.

If they learn that there might be chance to blow the subs, no doubt they will ask why or how to fix it. I bet 99% of the time people will say something other than fusing it. In which case the user would probably prefer to set gain rather than fuse it (if he ever found out) from popularity.