No, but if you have a short in the wiring, you'll be a lot happier if the short is AFTER the fuse. If you have a short in an unprotected hunk of wire, you'll reinvent the toaster, and probably set your car on fire (or at least get a lot of smoke). A fuse in the wiring is not to protect the radio, it is to protect the wiring. Dave --- In dmcnews@xxxx, Jim Strickland <ihaveanaccount@xxxx> wrote: > Why does it matter where you put the fuse? Are there more electrons by > the battery? > > > Jim1537 > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Marc A. Levy [mailto:malevy@xxxx] > > Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 10:39 PM > > To: dmcnews@xxxx > > Subject: RE: [DML] Radio install question > > > > If it is REALY high power (50+ watts) then you should connect it to > > the > > battery with the fuse as close to the battery as possible.