Orion 7005 Arrived!!

[ICBM99 10+ year member]

My Orion 7005 arrived today! Its a refurb but hopefully things are in working order. Theres a couple things I've noticed.

1) The manual (downloaded from http://www.directed.com) says that the amp uses a 70 Amp MAXI Fuse, But the Amp has a 80 Amp fuse installed, with an extra 80 in the box. I'm not sure which to use. I'm more inclined to use a 70.

2)The manual also states that 8 gage power and ground leads are a minimum. I dont think that is right either. Say I'm running at 500W RMS, and the amp is in the trunk, wouldn't I need 4 gage instead? I guess if you were running every thing at 4 ohms thats only 350w which you could get away with when using 8 gage.

Here is the specs for the amp (rms):

50w x 4 @ 4 ohm*

100w x 4 @ 2 ohm

150w x 1 @ 4 ohm

300w x 1 @ 2 ohm*

*This is how I'm going to set it up.

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[Chriscivic 10+ year member]

i would do 4 guage and i don't know if they even make a 70 amp maxi fuse?

 

[ICBM99 10+ year member]

Yeah 4 gage is what I'm going to use. But I'm still not sure about the fuse situation.

BTW, that amp is bigger then I thought. I was a little worried when I UPS dropped of the box, it was HUGE, but alot of it was packing materials. I'm pretty sure I'm going to have a hell of a time finding a place in the trunk that doesn't take up the usable area.

 

[ICBM99 10+ year member]

Any body else on the Fuse Problem?? I emailed Directed, but they haven't responded yet. I would like to finish the install. 10 amps is a big difference, and I dont want to 'doorstop' my amp.

 

[zachzchw 5,000+ posts]

Use what they gave you with the amp.

 

[Raisedin305 5,000+ posts]

Using an 80amp fuse wouldnt do nothing bad. Just use it.

 

[Spkrman]

use an 80... won't bother anything.

If it makes you feel better, throw a 60 in there you still won't blow it unless somethin goes wrong.

 

[ICBM99 10+ year member]

Cool, thanks guys

 

[tRiGgEr 5,000+ posts]

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