Fuse or Circuit Breaker????? Options

[str8thugginit4ya]

So I bought a JL Audio 450/4 to complete my system last week, and as I went to buy power wire and a fuse to power up my 2 amps the installer told me when they usually install systems that need a 120 fuse or higher, they use circuit breakers. I was talking to one of my friends and he said that he doesn't think that they work too well. The circuit breaker that I am referring to is a Stinger brand name circuit breaker. The guy said that whenever the system trips up, the circuit breaker goes and you would just go and flip the switch on it just like a circuit breaker in a house. I said to myself that it would be less expensive than buying a new fuse everytime the fuse blows (even though it doesn't blow that often). But please give me feedback on to which I should get. I'm running a JL Audio Monoblock 1000/1 and a JL Audio 450/4. Thanks for your time.

[str8thugginit4ya]

That's the circiut breaker if anyone did not know what I was talking about.

Please give feedback if anyone has experience or info on this. I just need to know if it is a good product or am I just wasting my time.

[lubu]

Well fuse are early technology and the only advantage of them is they are cheap and small. Circuit breakers are modern invention, more expensive and bigger but u only need to buy them once.

edit: although I dont recommend the use of circuit breaker in car. Its more suitable for home or industrial applications.

This post has been edited by lubu: Jul 24, 2008 - 1:47 PM

[Sinyk]

Interesting idea, but I don't think you are going to be pulling 120A through your line with those 2 amps. I've had the same fuse for about 7 years (120A I think) and It's going just fine. Never come close to the current load it would take to pop it.