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Old 5th October 2007, 13:22   #73 (permalink)
Gill
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Originally Posted by Sam Kapasi View Post
Simple. Take the power rating of each amplifier. Say you have 2 amplifiers of 200W each. Total 400W
Now P=voltageXcurrent.

400 = 12 X ?
? = 400/12 = 33.33 A

Add a little to that for good measure and you can use a 50A fuse normally OR a 40A fuse if you want to be extra safe.

I hope that was simple.
One small confusion in this methd:-
Do we need to consider voltage at 12v or 13.8v or 14.4 v

should one take some headroom while arriving the above figure for the sake of saftey
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