Hey im wondering what everyone who has either two or more, or even just one amp, what you used to wire them up. did you buy a kit or did you buy everything seperate. Ive been looking for dual amp wiring kits but there really arent much out there or i dont see them. Im planning on running two amps when i get the money to buy them this summer and ive been wondering what everyone else does

 

I have a Kicker KX.350 (bridged) powering my JL 12w3v2-D4.

I wired it with a 'kit' from radio shack actually which came with: 18ft 8g power wire w/inline 30amp fuse, 3ft 8g ground wire, 16ft 12g speaker wire, various splicers/adapters, etc.

$19.95

But, I don't have a $1000 doller system so that worked jsut fine for me

 

sites like knukonceptz (maybe its knuconceptz, i cant remember lol) have kits and then they have DIY wiring where you specify what lengths of each awg wiring you want to buy.

in your case you could always run something like 4 awg power wiring off of the battery to the back of the car, and then into a distribution block that will split it into 2x 8awg wires that will go to your amps. this is what ill be doing with my car (except im going 0awg wire splitting into 2x 4awg to the amps).

 

ok knu does have something like that, cuase i will most likely be running a system much like if not exactly like justmyluck, so i guess this question is more towards him actually but i was thinking with the wattage of a 9.2x and a 9.4 a0 to 2 4 guage would be a better idea so justmyluck if you see this where did you get your wires and which are you using

 

i got a question about the distribution block. is it fused or not? whats the difference bewteen the ones that are fused and ones that are not. and if im running 2 amps will i have to change the fuse that i used just for 1 amp? thanks for the help.

 

You don't have to fuse the wire again, but have always used a fused distro for power wires. The fuse rating is for the wire, not the amps, it is to keep the wire from overheating and catching your tC on fire.

 

wow i never knew that. thanks.

 

yup, i also get my stuff from knukonceptz.com, they're great.

 

To answer the question of "and if im running 2 amps will i have to change the fuse that i used just for 1 amp? thanks for the help."

First you need to know what the current draw of your amp is. And what the power wire you used can handle. You'll need to look it up, but every gauge wire can handle a certain current load.

For more information on AWG

So if your amp draws a max of 20A and you have a 30A fuse on the power line. You're going to be fine with that fuse with just the one amp. If you hook a second amp on that line, you'll be drawing 40 amps on a 30 amp fuse. While the fuse does keep the wire itself from getting hot, you should'nt put a fuse in that handle much more current than what you're actually using, not to exceed the wire's current rating.

 

Amp power connection kits.
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