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<blockquote data-quote="StuartV" data-source="post: 1936640" data-attributes="member: 568133">I had my Rainbow Germaniums installed on Saturday by a local shop. They&#039;re hooked up in an active config with the 6.5&quot; woofers driven directly by a Carver amp that is rated for 100W x 2 at 4 ohms. This amp is fused with two 25 amp fuses. (The tweeters have their own Carver 90x2 driving them.)The guys at this shop ran speaker wire from the amp into the dash behind the HU and spliced into the factory wiring harness for the door speakers and then hooked up the Germanium woofers to the factory wiring harness in the door.This is in an &#039;06 Ford F350 Crew Cab.I saw that they had done this while they still had the dash all apart and I told them that I wanted it re-done with the speaker wires from the amps going all the way to the speakers in the doors, not using any of the factory wiring harness. I just checked (by looking inside the wiring boots that go from the cab into the doors) and verified that they did not do that.I am about to take my truck back to them for them to finish a couple of other things that they didn&#039;t have time for over the weekend.My question is, other than just &quot;what I want&quot;, is there a professional justification that I can give them for why what they did is not right and that they need to fix it (so that the speaker wires go straight from the amps to the speakers in the doors)?The factory wiring looks like it&#039;s 20 ga. or smaller and, personally, I think that I&#039;m probably loosing sound quality there, but, more importantly, I&#039;m concerned that putting the power I am into that wiring is going to eventually cause the insulation to melt or crack and I&#039;m going to end up with a short or possibly even a fire under the dash.Can any of you give me some real ammo to back up my position? Are there any standards that a pro shop should be going by that say that this much current/power should not be put through such small wiring?Help! I&#039;m leaving in about 30 minutes to take my truck back to them and I&#039;d really like to have some facts to lay on them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="StuartV, post: 1936640, member: 568133"] I had my Rainbow Germaniums installed on Saturday by a local shop. They're hooked up in an active config with the 6.5" woofers driven directly by a Carver amp that is rated for 100W x 2 at 4 ohms. This amp is fused with two 25 amp fuses. (The tweeters have their own Carver 90x2 driving them.) The guys at this shop ran speaker wire from the amp into the dash behind the HU and spliced into the factory wiring harness for the door speakers and then hooked up the Germanium woofers to the factory wiring harness in the door. This is in an '06 Ford F350 Crew Cab. I saw that they had done this while they still had the dash all apart and I told them that I wanted it re-done with the speaker wires from the amps going all the way to the speakers in the doors, not using any of the factory wiring harness. I just checked (by looking inside the wiring boots that go from the cab into the doors) and verified that they did not do that. I am about to take my truck back to them for them to finish a couple of other things that they didn't have time for over the weekend. My question is, other than just "what I want", [B]is there a professional justification that I can give them for why what they did is not right and that they need to fix it (so that the speaker wires go straight from the amps to the speakers in the doors)?[/B] The factory wiring looks like it's 20 ga. or smaller and, personally, I think that I'm probably loosing sound quality there, but, more importantly, I'm concerned that putting the power I am into that wiring is going to eventually cause the insulation to melt or crack and I'm going to end up with a short or possibly even a fire under the dash. Can any of you give me some real ammo to back up my position? Are there any standards that a pro shop should be going by that say that this much current/power should not be put through such small wiring? Help! I'm leaving in about 30 minutes to take my truck back to them and I'd really like to have some facts to lay on them. [/QUOTE]

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