My Subaru power outlet has a 20Amp fuse. The unit says something about a 40Amp fuse. Will this blow the fuse in my car if I plug it in???
1138806
I have the 200 watt unit, which is the most you can run through a power outlet. For 400 watts, you would have to directly wire to the battery. I would use the fuse they recommend.
1138807
the inverter will only pop the 20 amp fuse if you use a large enough load (240 watt or bigger 120V device plugged into it), if you plug smaller devices like a laptop charger it wont use enough power to pop it. Watts=voltage x amps, so check the wattage on whatever you plan to plug into it first, the inverter won't use 40 amps otherwise.
1138808
This unit does not come with a 12 volt (cigarette lighter style) plug. It basically has a small set of jumper cables that clamp directly to the battery.
1138809
Yeah, it will likely blow the fuse. Typical alternator output is 13.6 volts, X 20 amps is 272 watts. Any more than that and your fuse will blow. I would hook it directly to the battery
1138810
No is the short answer, if anything it would probably be less power generating the amplifier.
854205
I just blew a 10A fuse on my cigarette lighter. I have another that is 20A fused. No issues on that one.
984796
The fuse is a spare in case the one in the unit blows. You have to take apart the plug that goes into the cirgarrette lighter, It just unscrews. I believe the red thing is the double sided tape so you can mount the unit to your car. I had a problem with my unit and returned it. The gauge wire was so small the unit would turn on and off caused by bumps in the road. Might also have been caused by bad electrical connections. Anyway I had a problem with the unit staying on just powering a GPS and a small MP 3 player. No real electrical load to speak of.
149309
After ur ?? I ran across a blog where a guy is powering a 350 watt car amp and a 12" mtx sub. "Im using a 250watt AT PC power supply that provides 10amps on the 12+v line. With this configuration I can easily power my amp and get great house shaking music now in my room."So rated at 30 amps continuous, u should have no problem. Is your input power fuse 30 amps or less? I would double check the maximum power requirements of my gear.This is not the quietest power supply, but u will quickly drown out any noise from this.
1708558
This can be used in a car for lightweight appliances, I believe the fuse is only 3 amps. I put this on my bike to just charge my phone. Works great!!
1159792
That depends entirely on your car. The outlet in your car determines whether power goes to the device or not. Not the device.
1068174
We use 20 amp also, however, I think it varies depending on the model. The instructions that come with each Go Light tell you the correct fuse to use.
1600125
I'm no fuse guy but It does come with a fuse already on the power wire. I hooked it up directly to my car battery and it works perfectly.
1912132
Should r able to don't go any higher than one fuse about the current one if it blows I use my for a two way radio that is set on high power (50 watts)
664123
It should be plugged into a 20 amp outlet.You can plug it into a 15 amp outlet but nothing else on the circuit should plugged in, even then you are still pushing over the limits. I bet most people do this though. Not good.
1270032
On 110v motor the larger the horse power, The higher the amp draw. If you are running a large 110v motor and under load and it is drawing over 20 amps. It will keep blowing the fuse or burn this unit up.
132957
Yes, it is only a 15 amp fuse. The amplifier does not produce 45W RMS, it takes the feed from your factory stereo and increases it to 45W. Its closer to a 25W RMS x 4 amp. With that said, I put one in my truck and one in my Jeep and I love them.
1315686
It depends on the fuse you put in line - but there is already over 20 amps of draw. (Kind of pushing it already) probably better with 2
1023038
Look at your old ones, this is used for radio/CD player, A/C control and cigarette lighter on my Toyota Echo dashboard. If I use them all at once, the fuse trips. For example, A/C is on, my CD player is running with input from my iphone and I am charging my iphone all the same time. If your old fuse looks similar to these and were rated for 15 Amps, they should fit. For different amperage, there are different colors.
854204
I am curious about this too. Has anybody used this successfully in a vehicle with 10 amp fuses?
999169
I had very bad luck with this unit and returned it. As soon as I plugged it in it started blowing fuses. We have a newer SUV with 5 12v receptacles and a high power battery. However, if this Wagan works for you I wouldn't recommend running it all the time without starting your vehicle and charging your battery.
132956
Yes that us the input voltage not the output . the output voltage is multiplied in the amp so the input voltage can stay low. If their is a direct short then it will pop the fuse instead of amp