Experts question for wiring a Mojo 4KW

[valin 10+ year member]

I will be running a 4kw and two Kinetik HC2400's. I have all the gear, but am just waiting for fuses, etc. to arrive.

What is the best route to wire the amp for power wire and fuses? I was thinking of running two runs of 2/0 awg or 0 awg for power from the batts, fused with a 250 amp fuse in each wire, to a 2 into 1 distro block, then into the amp with 0 gauge. Is there a better way to do it?

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[valin 10+ year member]

Also, the two Kinetiks are located in the rear, within a few feet of the amps. I am currently running a single 0 gauge power wire from my starting battery to the rear of the vehicle, with 0 gauge for the big 3. I will be hooking that power wire up to the rear batts so they get charged. Will that single run of wire be sufficient, or will the amp be trying to draw too much current from the front batt?

 

[dappa5 10+ year member]

no need for the 2 into 1 disto blk the batts will charge/discharge equally that close to amps run 0 from batt to batt and to amps just grnd on one batt and put pwr on other will work as one batt

 

[valin 10+ year member]

What I meant by the 2 into 1 distro block is for powering the amplifier. The amp is going to be drawing 450 (give or take) amps of current, therefore I need to fuse it at that. I'm going to fuse it with 500 amps of fuse, but since they don't make a 500 amp fuse, I was going to run two 250 amp fuses.

Battery to Amp:

Two runs of 2/0 awg or 0 awg, each through a 250 amp fuse, then onto a 2 into 1 distro block, then to the amp (since it only has a single 0 gauge power input).

 

[dappa5 10+ year member]

or you cou;d try these http://www.donrowe.com/accessories/fuse_anl.html

 

[valin 10+ year member]

Nice! Too bad I didn't find that earlier. The most I could find was a 300A fuse setup. Oh well, I have already ordered the two blocks, and two 250 amp fuses. I guess I'll run it my origional way. It should work fine either way, I think.

 

[dappa5 10+ year member]

Nice! Too bad I didn't find that earlier. The most I could find was a 300A fuse setup. Oh well, I have already ordered the two blocks, and two 250 amp fuses. I guess I'll run it my origional way. It should work fine either way, I think.

just make sure all runs are of equal length to the d block or you will blow fuses like crazy and run jumpers b-tween the two batts

and throw a piece of 0 gauge from your alt to your starting batt

 

[valin 10+ year member]

Big 3 is already done is 2/0 awg.

Batts are connected together with 2/0 awg as well, and grounded with the 2/0. I'll make the power lines the same length. Thanks for that tip.