Posted August 7, 201510 yr I noticed that the big ben amp calls for a 400A fuse, however it only has single 1/0 input terminals, that seems like its pushing it a little. Considering a fuse of 400A could sustain likely more current for much longer than music typically peaks. Most other amps I see with a single input were using between 200A and 300A fuses. Were you having issues with the amp blowing lower rated fuses? Since I typically fuse my 1/0 runs with a 300A ANL fuse, I was just going to use that and see if it pops, but if you think it will blow that out of the water I'll save the fuse and order something bigger.
August 7, 201510 yr Start out with the 300a and if somehow you blow it. Then maybe get dual inputs and run 200a on each wire, just my .02
August 8, 201510 yr Author How do you like your "Mike" amp? I ordered a Barbara Ann and a Big Ben to replace my RF800a4 and c2k 9.0XD. I was just outside now taking measurements on my amp board and im trying to figure out how I'll lay those out, the Big Ben is a big longer than my current amp so I need to account for that by moving some wiring, also my zapco takes a balanced in from a zapco line driver ill prob just use rca in on the big ben so I have a bunch of stupid little BS stuff to move around
August 8, 201510 yr I can't even comment on the performance of the amp as it's been sitting since I bought it. But love the look of it.
August 12, 201510 yr You are correct, the proper fuse rating is 300A, By the way, Big Ben and Nick are now in stock US Acoustics
August 12, 201510 yr Author You are correct, the proper fuse rating is 300A, By the way, Big Ben and Nick are now in stock US Acoustics Great! I can't wait to get it Do you happen to have a PDF copy of the manual available for download? Thanks, -Jerry
August 13, 201510 yr Author awesome, where are those shipping out of? Did they actually send them to you guys or drop shipping?
August 13, 201510 yr Admin awesome, where are those shipping out of? Did they actually send them to you guys or drop shipping? Since you ordered the first Big Ben, (before we have any for inventory since they just arrived) they are being drop shipped direct from California.
August 13, 201510 yr Author you guys should fix your fuse rating for big ben from 400A to 300A on your product page for it, as US Acoustics said that was a typo @400
August 13, 201510 yr Admin you guys should fix your fuse rating for big ben from 400A to 300A on your product page for it, as US Acoustics said that was a typo @400 The US Acoustics site has it at 400, but if Mike says to change it to 300, done.
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