wire gauge

[kjohnson]

Installation of my new stuff begins in the morining im so exited. Ill post pics of em and model #'s so guys can tell me what you think

 

[kjohnson]

hey matt can you draw me a pic of how you would run the power and ground wires when there is a cap involved and no I dont want to just get rid of it because im gona use it to "split" the wire to two for the two amps. im really just not completely sure as to how run the grounds because I dont want to get interference through the grounds. just some picture out of paint would be awesome

 

[whiney]

There, its ugly but i hope you get the idea.

 

[matt5112]

yeah that'd work. fuse all positive lines.

 

[kjohnson]

just one ground huh? ok y fuse between the amp and cap?

 

[matt5112]

well distribution blocks have multiple fuses so that if one line goes, the others will still work. It will then tell you exactly where you have an issue instead of just looking at the whole system.

That and its technically more safe.

 

[kjohnson]

if I only have one in the main line would it still blow it if there was something wrong

 

[matt5112]

yeah for sure, but you just wont know WHERE something went wrong is all.

 

[kjohnson]

ok I cant get the two wires into the cap. what should I do? could I run it like this?

sorry about the crappy pic

the amp right next to the cap is the big one of the two

 

[whiney]

That will work but i'd run the grounds all in one spot, from one amp to another.

 

[kjohnson]

what do you mean

 

[whiney]

what do you mean

Like this.

 

[Moydynasty3]

Here's a more detailed diagram.

 

[kjohnson]

Like this.

I think this is the one that im going to do ive got the stuff that is required to do it this way. do you think ill have them interfire by doing the ground like this or am i good

 

[whiney]

No, that will be the best way to do it imo.

 

[kjohnson]

ok cool that is what im going to do today

 

[kjohnson]

should i hook my amps to my batt or alt since the wire im using is bigger then what is going to the batt

 

[matt5112]

Doesnt really matter.

Hook it up to the fuse box, shorter wire length = less voltage drop = more power.

If you're going to be drawing some SERIOUS power, like a lot more than what you have, i'd upgrade those wires, but you're not, so its a waste of money.

I went to the battery directly, in hind sight, I should have went to the fuse box.

 

[CTKGP09]

^^^i went to the fuse box for the reasons stated above, i recommened the fuse box as well

 

[98GTPCALGARY]

yes, go from the fuse box, you should run seperate ground wires. you can ground them to the same spot, but run from each amp to the ground location. Same for the cap.