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[lebaron87 10+ year member]

i have my amp on a toggle switch. if the power source to the toggle switch is a good connection to the fuse will it stop my amp from putting out alot of watts. it still worked but i checked the connection and made it better and it sounded like it harder

Lebaron

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[Trixter 10+ year member]

Just make sure that the switch can handle the power that you are running and it should be/sound fine. All to often do I hear people fring a switch

 

[lamontjersey 10+ year member]

do i understand you to mean that you have the power connection going to the battery via a switch?? thats not good because every 240 watts draws 20 amps of current, and most switches can handle 10amps at the most, you might start a fire, its better if you connect the remote wire via a switch because the remote wire is around 0.5 amps, it always stays the same and you can use a tiny micro switch for that.

 

[stevert_2003 10+ year member]

Originally posted by lamontjersey do i understand you to mean that you have the power connection going to the battery via a switch?? thats not good because every 240 watts draws 20 amps of current, and most switches can handle 10amps at the most, you might start a fire, its better if you connect the remote wire via a switch because the remote wire is around 0.5 amps, it always stays the same and you can use a tiny micro switch for that.

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[lebaron87 10+ year member]

no not the power wire for my amp. the system control wire off the amp is going to the switch and the power for the switch is from my fuse box and the switch is grounded to metal on my car

 

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

so u should have a power wire to your amp.....then your remote from your h/u should be what u put a switch on....then the ground should be grounded to the metal of the car....

 

[lebaron87 10+ year member]

that is the way i have it and the power for the toggle switch is coming from my fuse box

 

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

umm i guess that works...is it a constant or a acc on power wire???....cause if its constant i'd wire it to the acc. power wire from the h/u

 

[lebaron87 10+ year member]

the switch has an acc on it