REM Amp Wire....

[Skits89 10+ year member]

Just making sure if it is OK to hook that wire up directly to the battery....is that okay?

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[Kangaroux 5,000+ posts]

no lol. the battery is always giving out a +12v signal. the point of the remote is to tell the amp to only turn on when the car is on, however that's not very useful when the remote is always getting a constant +12v signal.

the REM hooks into the blue/white wire on the back of your HU (it may be different, IDK, check the manual lol)

 

[Skits89 10+ year member]

Yeah thats what i figured but my buddy was telling me that because someone put his headunit in and they tied the wires together really tight and he didn't want me to untie them to wire the REM to it. Thats how i have my car set-up. Directly to the headunit...thats what i figured. Thanks.

 

[Vossy 10+ year member]

You'd have a dead battery fairly quickly ;D

 

[Skits89 10+ year member]

Yeah thats what i figured haha. But hes like dude you can do it i've seen it so i went here to ask. Sorry >

 

[Kangaroux 5,000+ posts]

they tied the wires really tight? wtf lol

if you really don't want to run it from the back of the HU, i guess you could buy a small switch and run the REM through that but that's just a major PITA

 

[Skits89 10+ year member]

I know haha yeah its honestly like heated up melted together they're so dumb, they should of used connecters and **** but they rigged it. My other problem i think im going to encounter is running the power wire through the rubber garment or fire wall, under the hood is so cramped i might try and run it through the door, any suggestions?

 

[All_Logix 10+ year member]

Well if he really wants to be redneck about it he can put a toggle on the REM wire from the battery and just turn it off when he kills the alt...worst idea ever, but it does work

 

[Skits89 10+ year member]

The more i think about it thats what he wants