Best way to wire up my 2500d?

[SkwurlyFab 10+ year member]

Would it be better to use 2 runs of 0 ga from the battery to the Orion 2500d and use reducers to 4 ga into the power inputs.... Or would it work just as good to run 1 run of 0 ga from the battery to a fused distro with two 4 ga outputs that go to the amp?

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[TypeRBass 10+ year member]

i have 4 runs of 1/0 comin from the battery in back. goin straight into the orion with the 4awg reducers.

 

[SkwurlyFab 10+ year member]

Yeah that's another thing I was wondering, I'd probably use less wire if I wired in another battery into teh back of my trunk wouldn't I? Cuz then I could just run the power and grounds for my amps to the battery in back instead of all the way up to the front. I have a 4runner btw. Is that true TypeR?

 

[SkwurlyFab 10+ year member]

anyone?

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

yes, that is true.

 

[TypeRBass 10+ year member]

ok heres my setup for my wiring...

8 runs of 1/0 from the front batt to back batt (4+/4-)

8 runs of 1/0 from the back batt to the amps (4+/4-) with 2 of each going to each amp.

 

[SkwurlyFab 10+ year member]

So since you ran 4 positives and 4 negatives from the back battery to your amps, you had to match the same amount of wiring to the front battery correct?

I won't be running 2 amps, just 1 so I'd have less wiring, but it seems like it would be easier to run the wiring for the amps off of a battery in the trunk.

I like your set up a lot TypeR. Seems very thought out and straight forward, and from the numbers in your sig, looks like it's workin pretty **** well! So props on that.