Ok, so I now nothing about battery terminals, so a few questions...

(1) I am going to be wiring the amp and possibly the HU (depending on which HU I get) to the positive on the battery. With a fuse block, don't yoiu have to also add the car's wires to this? Are all three added to the terminal?

(2) I am also planning on upgrading the big 3 while I am at it, so I figure I might as well bump up the grounding for the battery...will I need a terminal for this and will I need one that allows me to add something to the OEM wires?

Sorry for the lengthy question!

 

Just curious but which hu requires you to hook it up to the positive terminal? I left my car wires alone and hooked up my power wire to the battery. Are you talking about this fuse holder? or are you going to use soemthing like this?

these terminals?

Hope these pictures help

 

why would you wire to your hu to the battery? theres a power source right behind it. you dont need another terminal for the big 3 but it helps

 

i think some alpine HU recommends getting a power line from the battery.

 

i wouldnt do it.

 

My 9815 worked fine on stock wiring, yes Alpine did recommend 10 gauge but I dont think its nevessary. I just upgraded the stock fuse 5 amps and called it a day.

kevin

 

Precisley.

No offense, but after seeing your wiring ability I wouldn't either.


A little too risky for my tastes.

I think I am going to go with the battery terminals from Knuknceptz. Their terminals allow for two 1/0 inputs and a 4AWG input. That's all the wire I'd ever need to run, and the the price is VERY nice on them.

 

Seems like a lot of extra work to go from the + on the battery all the way to the HU. The amps, yes, I can see that, but just the HU seems like overkill.

Just my $.02

 

Yes, but I am am deadening the entire cabin which will likley include the firewall, so I will have access to it anyway, thereby making this mo easier.