Rob B
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I just blew a fuse on my sound system its 4 gauge wire, and its the wire that runs from the battery to the amp, i got the Fuse out and the number on it is 5AUG80A the one i have put in is 5AUG60A its running again now the amp but is this fuse going to blow pretty soon ? 
Thanks  
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Tappits
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What fuse/s is in the amp/s on the wire?
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Rob B
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On the wire sorry, the fuse on the amp is fine.
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Tappits
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yes but what is it 20 25 30???? 2x40
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Rob B
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I dont know :s its 4 gauge wire and the fuse that went was the one in the bonnet near the battery . the fuse on the amp is fine
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Tim
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What he's saying is, you now have a 60A fuse on the wiring. If the fuse on your amp is bigger than 60A, then yes you'll probably blow it soon.
Go and look at the fuse(s) in your amp 
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Rob B
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The fuse on the amp is 40 , it blew because i touched the metal on the amp where the battery is screwed in by accident whilst un-doing it, forgot to disconnect battery, so it should be fine yes ?
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Ben
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if the amp has a 40amp fuse it obviously uses less than 40amp , therefore a 60amp fuse will be fine
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Rob B
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Sorry  not to clever with all this stuff, cheers guys
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Tappits
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Yes you will be fine with a 60 on your PC and 40 in your amp
But a 60 in an amp and 60 on the power cable wood not be good enough as you have to take in to account power loss in the cables but 20 amps above is ok
A 4-gage cable is fine with a fuse up to 130amps BTW
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Rob B
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Biggest they had at halfrauds was 60 or i would of got the 80 same as what was in thanks for the help though
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SteveW
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go to a local ICE dealer (not halfords) and get a Breaker Fuse.. upto say 120amps
wire that in place of your normal fuse.. mucho better 
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