Remote Lead...2 Amps?

[TriXR4Kids 10+ year member]

After some searching on here it seems that there a couple different ways of doing this. Which one is the easiest/most efficient? Ive never installed before so im trying to keep it as simple as possible. One way I read about was to buy some adapter thing? and another was to splice it and lead it to your second amp. Is that correct?

Is it possible to just plug it to the first amp and run something from that amp to the second one...I know the amp im getting has rca preouts so you can run another amp without running the rca all the way back to the hu...can you do the same thing with the remote??

edit: Im also getting the kicker dual amp kit, does that come with anything to get the remote to both amps kinda like a dist block or something??

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[99StangGt 10+ year member]

what I do is splice the wire and run to both amps.

 

[TriXR4Kids 10+ year member]

what I do is splice the wire and run to both amps.

So you connect a single wire to the HU, run it to the trunk and splice it near the amps and run the original wire to one amp, and the spliced wire to the other amp..

Do you solder or crimp at the splice point?

 

[miker 5,000+ posts]

I ran an 18g wire... twisted them both together on one end, and ran the eah lead to a different amp..

 

[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

just jump it from 1 amp to the other.

 

[audiobahnuser18 5,000+ posts]

how do u splice a remote wire right down the middle? isn't it to small of a awg really?

 

[TriXR4Kids 10+ year member]

just jump it from 1 amp to the other.

Sorry, Im not sure what you mean by that. Im an extreme CA noob. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

 

[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

how do u splice a remote wire right down the middle? isn't it to small of a awg really?

you can do it. i just don't see the point in complicating things. just jump it. it's fine if you only have 2 amps.

 

[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

Sorry, Im not sure what you mean by that. Im an extreme CA noob. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

run the wire into the remote on 1 amp and a wire out from that remote to the remote on the second amp.

 

[audiobahnuser18 5,000+ posts]

x2 kcdc30 beat me 2 it i was gonna say what a jump was lol ah well.

 

[TriXR4Kids 10+ year member]

run the wire into the remote on 1 amp and a wire out from that remote to the remote on the second amp.

Yeah, that sounds much easier. So just remote the first amp like normal, and get another wire and attach it to the first amp's remote spot that already has the wire attached, and run it to the second...

 

[audiobahnuser18 5,000+ posts]

You got it man kcdc30 couldn't of said it any better.

 

[NJTStang11 10+ year member]

Ok here's a rundown for the slow ones trying to grasp what they're saying.

1-Run a single remote lead from the back of the headunit to your trunk.

2-Run that remote lead into amp #1.

3-Cut a run long enough to run from amp #1 to #2.

4-Run wire from amp #1 to amp #2

Summary:

Amp #1 has two remote wire's in the remote location. 1 comes from the headunit, the other from the other amp. Amp #2 has only one remote lead coming from your first amp.

 

[TriXR4Kids 10+ year member]

You got it man kcdc30 couldn't of said it any better.

Sweet, thanks for the quick help everyone. One less thing for me to stress about!!

 

[audiobahnuser18 5,000+ posts]

Nicely said NJT for the one's not grasping the other info as u said man.