amp to amp wiring

[frumpy 10+ year member]

having a bit of trouble and was hoping someone could point me in the right direction

my friend set up my amps origanlly with spare wire he had at his hosue and i went to put my new amp in and im not quite sure if im wiring it up right

the wires from the left side are red for power and black is the ground

http://www.bikeguide.org/forums/att...8&stc=1&thumb=1

http://www.bikeguide.org/forums/att...9&stc=1&thumb=1

http://www.bikeguide.org/forums/att...tid=43590&stc=1

thanks for any help

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[bikejunkie223 10+ year member]

your links ****, no help for you.

 

[frumpy 10+ year member]

http://www.bikeguide.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=43518&stc=1&thumb=1

http://www.bikeguide.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=43519&stc=1&thumb=1

http://www.bikeguide.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=43590&stc=1

that should work now, sorry

 

[bikejunkie223 10+ year member]

that's correct, though I would get a $10 distro block, run your main feed in, and 2 feeds out to the amps. You can also use a distro block to combine grounds from several amps into one ground point. It just helps clean everything up.

 

[brad 10+ year member]

x2. distro block

also...16ga. isn't big enough to power one amp safely, much less two. Use at least 4ga. from the battery.

 

[bikejunkie223 10+ year member]

You could use 8 guage if the amps are small like those appear to be. 4 guage would be better, but 8guage is fine.

 

[frumpy 10+ year member]

x2. distro blockalso...16ga. isn't big enough to power one amp safely, much less two. Use at least 4ga. from the battery.

its 8 gauge i believe

and when i originally set it up i couldnt get the distro block, will it make a difference or just be cleaner and more simple to work with

 

[brad 10+ year member]

It will be safer because the risk of creating a short circuit us reduced.

Also make sure that the fuse by the battery is big enough to handle both amps.

In the picture the wire looks like it says 16ga., but I may be wrong.

 

[frumpy 10+ year member]

im positive its 8g

i tried to hook it up without the distro box and i was getting nothing im really boggled why its not working... any suggestions or should i just take it in somewhere and have them look at it and get the distro box (im fairly new to systems so im still learning as i go)

should probably put what i have too

jensen mp3 deck

jbl speakers

alpine component amp

alpine sub amp 760 peak

2 ma audio 12 inch subs in a slot port box

 

[brad 10+ year member]

use a dmm (digital multimeter) to check if there is voltage going to the amps.

 

[ToyTundra 10+ year member]

Doesn't the brown wire say 10 awg on it?

 

[frumpy 10+ year member]

ok so i put in the power distribution block wired everything up checked for power no problems

go to check it out, turn on my system and same problem as before. Im not getting anything from my subs. I tried switching the RCAs and same problem. I plugged the RCAs that run to the component amp into the sub amp and the subs would go. Im assuming something to do with the sub outs on the deck is screwed up. Any suggestions other than buying a new deck.

Also thanks for the advice on the power distribution block, it looks a lot cleaner and gave me room to move my amps to where i wanted them.

 

[bikejunkie223 10+ year member]

You could have bad rca cables, I have seen that a bunch of times. Also, make sure the amp isn't set to high-pass like a moron I work with's amp was.

 

[bimma85 5,000+ posts]

Grab up a dmm and check the voltage on the power, preouts (before and after rcas., and speaker outputs.

Im kinda confused, so does the amp turn on or anything... if you posted that sorry, im pretty tired as well. What the fok is that power wire? Is that ran the whole way? That shit is as small as your speaker wire it looks like.

x2 on checking the xover as well

 

[frumpy 10+ year member]

sorry if I wasnt clear im fairly new to this stuff. The rca`s are good i swapped them (I have 2 sets one for component one for sub) and after i swapped them the component amp was still powering the speakers fine. Amp turns on and is getting power, I checked with the dmm everything in the backs getting power. The power wire is 8g but I will soon be going to 4g.