Thread: Speaker Fusing
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Old 07-30-2017, 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by jdandy View Post
Steve.......Since the fuse is not protecting a power supply or other circuits, only protecting the voice coil in the woofer, I think you would be safe using a slow-blow fuse or even going up from a 1.5 amp to a 2 amp fuse. The woofer voice coil can take momentary peaks that exceed its rating, just not sustained over driving. You will hear the woofer distort or even make a rattling type noise if the cone excursion exceeds its limits. If that happens, turn it down a bit. The other option is to bypass the fuse.
Thanks, Dan. Your thinking parallels mine, peaks not the issue as long as not sustained. To be safest, I think I will work in stages to see what happens. Stage one will be 1.5 as slo blo and see how that works. Much appreciate the time you took to respond!
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