Pulling power from amp?

[panteramatt 10+ year member]

Im going to be putting an amp in my Yamaha Rhino atv's roof. I would like ot runs a small led dome light also. Would it hurt anything to connect the pos and neg from the light to the amp? Would put a switch inline of the pos cable to turn it off. Just dont wanna run another power wire if I dont have to. How much power would th elight pull and would it cause a spike or any porblems when running both?

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[Asystole 10+ year member]

No it wouldn't cause any problems.

But I've gotta ask... Why would you put an amp in a rhino?

 

[panteramatt 10+ year member]

To run 2 6x9's from my ipod. Gotta have some tunes.

 

[FenixAudio 10+ year member]

i did a bad *** rhino install when i lived in phx. put 2 amps 4 spks 2 subs all off of an ipod hook up no deck. honestly you should be able to run the led off of the switch your installing. im gona guess the switch is gonna hook directly to the battery so current should not be an issue.

 

[9515ROB 10+ year member]

go check this out... Go to project gallery and then audio installs and click on the ranger this guy did its very impressive

...::: 2 Brothers Custom Trucks :::...

 

[Bumpin' Goalie 10+ year member]

You can use the amp's power/ground. Or if the dome light doesn't require much, you could even use the remote/ground wires.

 

[panteramatt 10+ year member]

Wow, thats a sweet install and great music too, haha. WAY too nice for wha tI do. Im building this whole thing with lights and volume control for only $80 with parts I had laying around collecting dust.

go check this out... Go to project gallery and then audio installs and click on the ranger this guy did its very impressive
...::: 2 Brothers Custom Trucks :::...

 

[panteramatt 10+ year member]

I would use the remote wire to the amp but thats gonna be on a switch too to turn it on and off so if i wired into that, the amp would have to be on for the light to be on.

 

[ahole-ic]

Be careful with those rhinos. LOTS of people hook up aftermarket equipment and burn out the tiny little alt in those things.

 

[FenixAudio 10+ year member]

do u have a deck?

 

[FenixAudio 10+ year member]

we had a bigger alt fitted on ours

 

[panteramatt 10+ year member]

No deck. Direct ipod hookup. I will have 3 gauges,1 set of hids, and the amp which is 250watts. Hopefully that wont be too much.

 

[FenixAudio 10+ year member]

nah you will be fine. i would run a FUSED wire from the battery to the switch and switch to the light and amp turn on at the same time.

 

[BrownVanMan 10+ year member]

nah you will be fine. i would run a FUSED wire from the battery to the switch and switch to the light and amp turn on at the same time.

sounds good to me.

i got a generic 40 watt amp thing with a 7.5 amp fuse in it i run right off a old battery that got weak and didnt fire the car up when it was -10 out with a cord that has a rca on the end and a 3.5 mm jack like your set up. hooked to 2 6x9's.