I need amplifier wiring help.....

[Looney_Tune 10+ year member]

Should my drawing be stickied...? ha

 

[Looney_Tune 10+ year member]

What is the shortest length the distro block can be from the amp and battery? I plan on having them pretty close...I may screw the amp and distro block on the back of the box and put the battery on the side. Would this be too close? Im kinda short on space.

 

[Looney_Tune 10+ year member]

What is the shortest length the distro block can be from the amp and battery? I plan on having them pretty close...I may screw the amp and distro block on the back of the box and put the battery on the side. Would this be too close? Im kinda short on space.

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[fwb_1234 10+ year member]

Dude calm down and just do something.

It'll be ok.

BTW:

I really don't think you need to use both grounds and both positives on your amp... but yes. The design you drew will work.

 

[Looney_Tune 10+ year member]

Im calm man just want to be able to knock erything out with the swiftness when they get here. So i do not have to hook up both sets of terminals? Just ground one of the negative terminals on the amp to the chassis and run a positive wire from the batt under the hood to the positive on the battery in the trunk....Run another positive wire from that battery to either positive terminal on the amp. Ground the battery in the trunk too the chassis......BAM

 

[Looney_Tune 10+ year member]

BTW, If I dont need to hook up both sets of POS and NEG terminals then I dont need a Distro block right...

 

[Looney_Tune 10+ year member]

pmed u colt.....

 

[fwb_1234 10+ year member]

BTW, If I dont need to hook up both sets of POS and NEG terminals then I dont need a Distro block right...

Right.

In fact if you have a battery in the back, why would you ever have needed one?

 

[Looney_Tune 10+ year member]

Right.
In fact if you have a battery in the back, why would you ever have needed one?

ok so run the + wire from under the hood to the amp...run another wire from the scond battery to the amps second power terminal....then run a single wire to both positves on the batteries (to include them in the charging system)...and finally run two ground wires from the amp to the chassis and ground them with the battery.....

 

[fwb_1234 10+ year member]

Here do this first:



If the amp doesn't turn on, as you mentioned it might not, do this:

 

[Looney_Tune 10+ year member]

ok so I dont need too fuse between the amp and battery?

 

[fwb_1234 10+ year member]

No.

 

[Looney_Tune 10+ year member]

ok coo. Im going to invest in a 3 output positve battery terminal.