More than 3 amps

[06goat 10+ year member]

Rule of thumb for remote turn on is 3 amps correct? What do I need to turn the 4th on?

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[Buck 5,000+ posts]

What are you talking about?

All amps can be turned on by the same remote wire.

 

[06goat 10+ year member]

So your saying I can daisy chain unlimited amplifiers with the same head units remote wire?

 

[All_Logix 10+ year member]

I would think so, all that thing does it lets the amp "see" 12-14 volts which switches it on...you can parallel 100 wires and they will all show 12 volts across them

 

[Horsemanwill 10+ year member]

nooo you cannot just keep daisyin amps. the remote out does have a limit. different decks different values. each amp has a diff draw for the remote turn on too. contact company find out wat the deck can handle then find out wat the amps pull. anything more then 3 i use a relay.

 

[All_Logix 10+ year member]

Huh! learn something new everyday

 

[ejschultz 10+ year member]

I'd use a relay for anything more than 2 to be on the safe side. You wouldn't want to fry the internal relay on your HU.

 

[truckramrod 10+ year member]

You should use a relay on a fused 5 amp lead. It may sound like a lot of work but it's not that hard. its worth not damaging the remote turn on circuit in the head unit.

 

[Horsemanwill 10+ year member]

http://www.tune-town.com/relays.pdf

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[06goat 10+ year member]

http://www.tune-town.com/relays.pdf
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So using that pdf, With 1 relay, I can power more than 3?

 

[Horsemanwill 10+ year member]

correct. just make sure u use the right diagram. i use to have that book. lost it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif. what your doing is using the remote wire to kick the relay over to where your using 12v from battery to turn on the amps/processor. think big switch.

 

[06goat 10+ year member]

Ahhh makes sense. I am looking at the one on Pg 14 of that book. so the headunit->pin 86, correct?

 

[Horsemanwill 10+ year member]

yes

 

[maljr1980 10+ year member]

Wow I never knew that, I'm running my 3 amps daisy chained

 

[CHEMMINS 10+ year member]

That's the reason why people shy away from this site. First people to usually answer are 90% of the time wrong. As in this case, people spouting about something they know nothing about as gospel. Could have wrecked his deck if others in the know, didn't come to the rescue.