hooking up a second amp

[Unregistered]

Right now Im running a Clarion deck running the stock speakers , from thereIm running a Kenwood KACX-301T( 2ch 4 ohm amp bridged at 300W rms x 1) connecting to a Earthquake dB 12, 220W rms.

Now what Im thinking about doing is hooking up a Mtx Thunder 240, 2 ch amp( 20W x 2 @ 4ohms, 40 W x 2@ 2 ohms, 80W bridged @ 4ohms) anyways what I wanna do is use it to push my stock speakers.

Alright if that will work how do I go about hooking up the amp. Can I hook it up off of the Kenwood, Power,Ground, and Remote into the Mtx Power, Ground, Remote??????????

Thanks for any info

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[n2audio 5,000+ posts]

With the amount of power you have you'd be ok daisy chaining them like that. I'd recommend 8 ga wire from batt. to Kenwood, and make sure you have an in line fuse at the battery, probably 40 amps or so, and you may want to have about a 20 amp on the wire (10 ga) from the k'wood to the mtx unless it's a very short wire and there is absolutely no danger of it coming in contact with ground. You can use a standard automotive in-line fuse holder for that, ATC I think it's called, wal-mart has them for a couple bux.

Remote wire's not critical, 18 ga. or so will work fine.

You'll need some y cables for your rca's too (assuming your hu only has one set of pre-outs). Again, wal-mart, a couple bux.

 

[Krono]

With a Y adapter, won't that cut the pre - amp voltage in half?

 

[n2audio 5,000+ posts]

No, voltage remains constant, it will just reduce the resistance your hu sees, which isn't a concern unless you plan to split it 20 times or so.