Paul Curtis
CarAudio.com Newbie
Hi,
Looking to pull power for a 30amp amp from the fuse box of a BMW X1. The easiest way to do this is to use a fuse tap with a 30 amp fuse, that means not having to mess with behind the fusebox and makes it easy to swap and change.
The only fuse taps that I've been able to find though - which say they are rated for 30 amp - are 16AWG wires coming off them. The power cable that I would route to the Amp at the back is 8 AWG.
So connecting 8AWG to 16 seems pretty difficult. I was thinking of using an inline fuse as the connector, so that would be 2 x 30amp fuses. Can't see that being an electrical issue but it's not ideal really.
But really is that 16AWG over a 10cm length going to be okay? In the fuse box itself I don't see huge thickness of wires and BMW themselves are not using huge AWG cables everywhere either.
Or is there such a think as a fuse tap with something closer to 8 AWG?
Many thanks
Paul
Looking to pull power for a 30amp amp from the fuse box of a BMW X1. The easiest way to do this is to use a fuse tap with a 30 amp fuse, that means not having to mess with behind the fusebox and makes it easy to swap and change.
The only fuse taps that I've been able to find though - which say they are rated for 30 amp - are 16AWG wires coming off them. The power cable that I would route to the Amp at the back is 8 AWG.
So connecting 8AWG to 16 seems pretty difficult. I was thinking of using an inline fuse as the connector, so that would be 2 x 30amp fuses. Can't see that being an electrical issue but it's not ideal really.
But really is that 16AWG over a 10cm length going to be okay? In the fuse box itself I don't see huge thickness of wires and BMW themselves are not using huge AWG cables everywhere either.
Or is there such a think as a fuse tap with something closer to 8 AWG?
Many thanks
Paul