Power and Amplified Speaker wire question

[AnthonyO 10+ year member]

Getting ready to finish my trucks install tomorrow.

My dilemma. I have my power wire running down the drivers side of the vehicle. I have nine wire speed wire that will be running from my amp back up to behind my head unit to power my door speakers. I will be running my RCAs on the passenger side. Should I run the speed wire on the drivers or passengers side? My mind is saying drivers side.

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[1aespinoza 10+ year member]

Should I run the speed wire on the drivers or passengers side? My mind is saying drivers side.

If your RCA wire is shielded, passenger.

 

[HardofWhoring]

WTF are you talking about??? You know NOTHING.

This isn't funny any more. This wasn't funny days ago, and they've only been here a week or two.

 

[Doxquzme Premium Member]

And you (if you’re not a Ai BOT), for the sake of everyone in this forum, may want to quit posting, Your information is consistently off topic and incorrect when on topic. Providing bad info when dealing with some of this can be dangerous and may cause someone to blow something up or start a fire. Just stop.

 

[Doxquzme Premium Member]

Getting ready to finish my trucks install tomorrow.

My dilemma. I have my power wire running down the drivers side of the vehicle. I have nine wire speed wire that will be running from my amp back up to behind my head unit to power my door speakers. I will be running my RCAs on the passenger side. Should I run the speed wire on the drivers or passengers side? My mind is saying drivers side.

Getting ready to finish my trucks install tomorrow.

My dilemma. I have my power wire running down the drivers side of the vehicle. I have nine wire speed wire that will be running from my amp back up to behind my head unit to power my door speakers. I will be running my RCAs on the passenger side. Should I run the speed wire on the drivers or passengers side? My mind is saying drivers side.

As a general rule, RCA's and speaker wire should be twisted pair cable. If you must cross paths with your power wire, do it at a 90 degree angles (so across, not parallel with). Speaker wire and RCA’s can run parallel just fine, it’s the interaction between power and signal wire that can be problematic.