Yeah, the concern is accidentally shorting and damaging equipment or
causing bodily harm. If you've got a fuse up front on the amps power
cable already (which you should) then just leaving it out and making
sure there's no way to short the open ends of the wires is fine. You'll
have to get to that point at some stage anyway. Its easier and less
dangerous to put the fuse in when the power and ground wires are already
hooked up to the amp, than trying to screw down live wires to the amp or
battery.

Brandonb


Stevie R wrote:
I am about to install my amp and I have read that I should disconnect the
battery before I attempt to install it. However, is it not just the same
thing if I don't put the fuse in till the last minute? What is the
difference. The amp will still not be turned on. Thanks