OH... MY... GOD... I know how I can get rich!!

Post by **Triton** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 2:17 pm

AmigOS FTW!!

jperryss · Post by **jperryss** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 2:38 pm

loup wrote:http://www.radioshack.com/sm-fuse-holde ... 32234.html

it's called an inline fuse...

Correct. The fuse in the amp protects the amp, the one on the wire actually protects the wire. Hopefully you have it within the recommended 12" of the battery.

loup · Post by **loup** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 2:53 pm

jperryss wrote:
loup wrote:http://www.radioshack.com/sm-fuse-holde ... 32234.html

it's called an inline fuse...
Correct. The fuse in the amp protects the amp, the one on the wire actually protects the wire. Hopefully you have it within the recommended 12" of the battery.

rather than having it connected directly to the battery, I'm getting the power from the hot side of the starter relay, but yes, the fuse is in the first 4 inches of the line, which is plenty good.

Slightly off topic, my old amp's protection circuit actually went bad, it was a cheap one, so rather than trying to fix it, I just bought a new one. After installing it, I decided to read the installation directions (a little out of order, I know.) The directions tell me to use 4 gauge wire for power and ground, and yet it tells me to put a 20 amp in the line. 12 gauge wire is rated at 20 amps, I'm using 10 gauge wire which is rated at 30 amps, 4 gauge seems like overkill to me.

Edutainment · Post by **Edutainment** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 5:03 pm

Dr. KillGood wrote:Who cares mac f*****g sucks! Overpriced and useless.

Excuse me? Take it back!

Electric Rain · Post by **Electric Rain** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 5:05 pm

Oh noes... here we go!

Sir Games-A-Lot · Post by **Sir Games-A-Lot** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 5:09 pm

Edutainment wrote:
Dr. KillGood wrote:Who cares mac f*****g sucks! Overpriced and useless.
Excuse me? Take it back!

Well at least if you received it within the last 14 days anyway. Some restrictions apply.

After that, it's time to hit eBay.

jperryss · Post by **jperryss** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 6:03 pm

loup wrote:Slightly off topic, my old amp's protection circuit actually went bad, it was a cheap one, so rather than trying to fix it, I just bought a new one. After installing it, I decided to read the installation directions (a little out of order, I know.) The directions tell me to use 4 gauge wire for power and ground, and yet it tells me to put a 20 amp in the line. 12 gauge wire is rated at 20 amps, I'm using 10 gauge wire which is rated at 30 amps, 4 gauge seems like overkill to me.

You should be OK, you've got the right idea. The wire has to be able to handle more than the fuse(s). I agree that in your situation 4G would be overkill. I typically don't use any smaller than 8G, but that's just me.

I've always gone bigger than I thought I needed. If you poke around online you can find good wire (high-quality 8G, 4G, or even 2G) for cheaper than you'd pay for 10G in stores. I buy most of my stuff (wire, cables, T-nuts, etc. from www.partsexpress.com. The 4G run I have in my car is the same exact wire from my last car, three years ago. I could maybe get away with 8G, but I already had the 4G so I used it. I'm running a single 5-channel amp and I think I have an 80-amp fuse on the wire.

BTW: If you want to take this offline, rather than continuing to poop in this poor guy's thread, feel free to PM me. Car audio is my thing.

EnterTheHatrix · Post by **EnterTheHatrix** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 12:37 am

Dr. KillGood wrote:OKAY OKAY! Here is my idea! Not a fuse inside the PSU but on the end of the cords where you attach them to the motherboard and stuff! So if the PSU decides to go tesla coil on you the fuses on the end of the cord will save all of your stuff!

Wall-Surge Protector-PSU CORD-PSU-Cord out of PSU-Fuse on end of cord-Motherboard or HDD or w/e you plug it into!

See its a good idea! Dont steal it as I wanna be rich and get a golden toilet seat! THAT IS GONNA OWN!!! Also a super computer with a 10GHz processor and stuff!

My life goal is to make a company and make realy good PSU/GPU heatsinks! Also make it so you don't have to fool with those dang claps on AMD CPU's.

You like me idea and wanna help! We cant start a company called something cool!

Or maybe "POS Inc" Hey bob what kind of heatsink do you have "Oh, I got this big POS one!" LOL

I hate to rain on your parade, but, this has already been introduced inside the PSU where it blows a fuse on the DC end, and it's a public standard too..

The computer industry have public industry standards, nobody makes a profit from stuff like this, especially since it's already in existance. Remember RIMM RAM? That is good RAM, but it failed because it was patented and sold in order to make profit. Now it's dead because the RAM is only manufactured in scarse places, and is stupidly expensive. The point was, why reinvent the wheel? You can't patent a fuse on a DC, because it already exists, so there is no profit to be made. Who will buy your idea?

Also, computer experts have realised it's not the frequency of a processor that matters that much anymore.. You'll notice dual cores have like 2.5ghz, because they can process twice as much data at a lower frequency to reduce heat, and increase speed. Same applies to quad core.