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live2ride070
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 Posted: Aug 08, 2005 9:23 pm Post subject: what to wire an amp with |
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| hey guys i am installing 4 tower speakers in my boat and bought a 1000W 4 channel amp for them. i was wondering what gauge wire i should use for the amp and also what amp fuse? also can i hook this amp to the exsisting battery that starts the boat? |
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Wallrat
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| Posted: Aug 08, 2005 9:53 pm Post subject: |
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What RMS is the amp running at?
What fuse is in the Amp now?
Yes you can hook it up to the current battery.
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twitch88
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| Posted: Aug 10, 2005 8:30 am Post subject: |
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Probably 4 ga. wire. As for the fuse it's probably in the manual but somewhere in the neighborhood of 50 amps.
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Wallrat
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Jensen
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| Posted: Aug 10, 2005 11:22 pm Post subject: |
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| i would just go to circuit city and buy their tsunami amp kits. I got one for 50 bucks, you definitley need 4 gauge wire. you break about even after buying the right fuse box and all the wire you need, plus it looks cool. |
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Wallrat
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www.knukonceptz.com is cheaper by far. Or for 4ga and bigger, hit up a welding supply place. Not as pretty but nobody will know what color wire you're running if you install it correctly.
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Ohioboarder
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I'd also consider runnning a at least a 1 MFD (microfarad) Capacitor. Some would go with a1.5-2.0 . This will ease the load on your electrical system and be sure that power is avaliable when the AMP needs it.
Dave 
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acurtis_ttu
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| Posted: Aug 30, 2005 7:32 am Post subject: |
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| Ohioboarder wrote: | I'd also consider runnning a at least a 1 MFD (microfarad) Capacitor. Some would go with a1.5-2.0 . This will ease the load on your electrical system and be sure that power is avaliable when the AMP needs it.
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Use the correct guage wire and keep the amps close to the battery (keep wire runs as small as possible) and you should be fine w/o a cap. Do your research on caps.....there are many arguments for and against them. |
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