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<blockquote data-quote="chawski" data-source="post: 6669104" data-attributes="member: 616379">So now that I know a thing or 2 about installs, I was checking over some work that was done a few years ago in my car and have run into some red flags that piss me off to think I paid someone to do it.&nbsp; For starters not a single wire was soldered/butt spliced/screwed.&nbsp; They simply wraped the wires around each other and covered with electrical tape.&nbsp; My speaker power was definately suffering from the bad connection, but none the less,&nbsp; it was a pretty easy fix.&nbsp; I then noticed that instead of sending a dedicated power wire for each amp, they spliced a wire from the positive of amp 1 to positive of amp 2.&nbsp; They did atleast run separate groundsMy question is regarding the power wire going to the second amp.&nbsp; Am I getting less power to either/both&nbsp; amps because of this or is splicing an acceptable method to prevent the need for running 20 feet of cable through the car?&nbsp; Its something that I can easily do now myself, just wondering if its worth it?&nbsp; Unfortunately the shop has since gone out of business, so I cant take it back.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="chawski, post: 6669104, member: 616379"] So now that I know a thing or 2 about installs, I was checking over some work that was done a few years ago in my car and have run into some red flags that piss me off to think I paid someone to do it. For starters not a single wire was soldered/butt spliced/screwed. They simply wraped the wires around each other and covered with electrical tape. My speaker power was definately suffering from the bad connection, but none the less, it was a pretty easy fix. I then noticed that instead of sending a dedicated power wire for each amp, they spliced a wire from the positive of amp 1 to positive of amp 2. They did atleast run separate grounds My question is regarding the power wire going to the second amp. Am I getting less power to either/both amps because of this or is splicing an acceptable method to prevent the need for running 20 feet of cable through the car? Its something that I can easily do now myself, just wondering if its worth it? Unfortunately the shop has since gone out of business, so I cant take it back. [/QUOTE]

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