power Wire

[playa1 10+ year member]

I just read in a thread that said something about you should wire directly to the battery, i have my power wire wired to the fuse box post or whatever it is, looks likes a place that would be meant for me to wire the power wire too. Just wondering.

Thanks

Mike

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[Bake 10+ year member]

Power should come from the battery. You can run the remote to the fuse block.

 

[n2audio 5,000+ posts]

there's no circuit at the fuse box that can withstand much extra current b4 fuses start to blow. It will work for a low current accessory wire - such as a switched source for an HU, but something even as small as an HU amp can easily blow those fuses.

 

[Jason Sybert 10+ year member]

Not to mention, if you wire something too big to the fuse panel then your car could catch fire. I salvage parts out of old wrecked cars, most of them only had like 12 and sometimes even 14 guage wire to the fuse panel.

 

[n2audio 5,000+ posts]

Not to mention, if you wire something too big to the fuse panel then your car could catch fire. I salvage parts out of old wrecked cars, most of them only had like 12 and sometimes even 14 guage wire to the fuse panel.

I can't see that happening unless you replace one of the fuses with something larger than original, but anything's possible I guess.

 

[playa1 10+ year member]

Well righ tnow it is hooked up to that point and when my amp was hooked up maybe for about a month or more it didnt blow anything and it powered my amp so i just wanted to make sure i was fing anything u. I read in some thread saying it must be hooked straight to th ebattery.