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I wanna hook up to amps in my car, so do i need to buy 2 kits? Do u guys think this kit is any good? I hear that u need like a fuse inbetween the battery and the amp. Does this supply one for me? Bottom line...should i buy this?

 

It has the fuse and fuse holder. The price is great but I'm not sure about the quality. But you can't beat the price. It depends are you running two amps say one for each sub? or one for subs one for speakers? I'd say buy it cause that stuffs real cheap. Be careful with the gauge wire how many RMS does your amp put out?

 

i'd get something thicker if you're running multiple amps.

 

planning to run a 300 watt amp for a jl 10w3v2 sub. I read some where that i need a 8 guage wire to run the amp. 1 amp for sub.. and one amp for speakers.

 

You'll need two pair of RCA and I'm not sure about the best way to do power wire one maybe two maybe a distribution block ask around.

 

how should i run the wire betwen the two amps? battery to amp #1 and Amp#1 to Amp #2 ?... and oh yeah.. should i buy 2 kits? or is one good enuff and i should go set out to but another RCA cable?

 

I would go with atleast 4 gauge but then again if you decide on gettin more power later you could always wire the sucker up with some thicker gauge to handle more power later. You should run one main 4 gauge or lower wire from the battery to an inline ANL fuse (near the battery) to a distribution box (near your amps). From the disto run one 4-8 gauge wire to your sub amp and then do the same to your other amp gauge depending on how many watts. Also make sure you have fuses on each of the wires from the Distro to your amps.

 

distribution box? whats that? never heard of it. Does it split the power? One to the speaker amp and one to the sub amp? IF i need fuses from the distro to my amp then this kit is short a couple fuses.. correct?

 

Option 1) Run 4 gauge to the trunk, to a distribution block which will split your 4 gauge into other 4 or 8 gauge outputs. If you decrease the size of the wire at the dist block, you need to fuse it after the dist block (as well as the fuse under the hood), so if you have a 4 gauge and an 8 gauge output from the dist block, you only need to fuse the 8 gauge. So anyway, you can run 4 gauge to a dist block, which will split power to two amps, as well as running 2 sets of RCA cable.

Option 2) Run 2 sets of 8 gauge wire, each of which fused under the hood, and also 2 pairs of RCAs.

That kit you posted from ebay doesnt say what brand it is, and although some argue that power wire is power wire...it isnt. You dont necesarily need a good name, just good quality wire. (i.e. look for tinned wire which wont oxidize and become less conductile). Also, ground both your amps in the same spot so you wont get ground loop.

GL
Kevin

 

Hey OutMaxxed,

Check out http://www.bcae1.com Pay particular attention the fuses, wiring, and amplifiers sections. That should get you started...tons of information there!

Tony

 

where can i get this distribution box? And if i go with option two..do i run 2 neg. and 2 positives out of my battery fused? Both distro. and running directly from the amp. will be fine? Any differences?

 

+1 on checking out bcae1.com, some of what I said 2 posts above can be found there

Any shop, CC, BB....practically anywhere will have dist blocks.

With both options, you only run positive off the battery, ground should be as close to the amp as possible....unless your battery is in the trunk do not ground to the battery, either ground to a seat belt bolt or some other bolt, or scrape paint off an area of metal and screw your ground to the bare metal.

Kevin

 

a wiring kit is a wiring kit. its fine. i would recommend a circut breaker instead of a fuse. thats what i have. you can get one here. http://www.cardomain.com/shoptype/Circuit+Breakers