Im having a few problems i keep blowing fuses, ill explaine my setup

i have 4 guage running into a ciruct breaker style fuse then running to the trunk of my car into a 4 into 2 8 guage distro block. i have tapped into power off of my second amp and running a fuse (its a 5amp fuse ******this is the one that keeps blowing******) then into a bunch of neons and 4 tvs in my trunk. i used to only have 2 tv's now i have 4 in there and the fuse keeps blowing.

which amp fuse should i be using to power these 4 tvs and a bunch of cold cathodile lights.

THANKS!

 

You actually do not really need a fuse there. Unless you are running the cable in an unsafe fasion..ie..through more grommets to the outside of the vehicle. The only reason you need to fuse your primary power at the battery is to protect the cable in a shorted situation. But if you have that much hooked up to the second 8ga cable and want to keep running the same fuse configuration, I would recommend adding up the current draw of all the equiptment on that tap. Or just make it easy and go with a 15 or 20 amp fuse. Each TV draws close to 2.5-3 amps and the lights are closer to 2each but that is at full load. This will not keep a screen from self destructing though. You would need to individually fuse each component for that. Hope that helps some...seems like the thread was getting a few looks but no answers..so there you go.

 

thanks man, the tvs have a built in fuse themselves i belive.

anybody else???

 

I would definetly keep the fuse. Any power wire over a couple of feet I would fuse. I would also up the fuse rating.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nsxxtreme &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I would definetly keep the fuse. Any power wire over a couple of feet I would fuse. I would also up the fuse rating.</TD></TR></TABLE> Ditto that, just like the "breaker" you have on the 4ga power wire, you need a "main" fuse for the power wire for the lights and screens. 94

 

i upgraded from the 5 amp fuse that my screens and neons are hooked up to

now i have a 15amp fuse for my screens in the rear, and a 5 amp fuse for the cold catholide lights

thanks for the input guys

on a side note one of my screens started acting up so i made a new wall to hold just the one tv

i got it all going tonight and it looks sweet