Running 2 power cables

[Drowsy 10+ year member]

OK - I have 1 Polk Audio C500.1 Mono block amp for my 2 Polk MM2125 subs

And a Polk C400.4 4ch amp for my doors.

Can i run 2 separate wires or is there a piece that goes onto 1 wire and then breaks away into 2? Would splicing into the 1 cable make the 2 coming out less powerful? What is the 'name' of these pieces?

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[grimreper912003 5,000+ posts]

They make a distrobution block. They usualy are a big wire in and multiple smaller out. like 1 1/0 AWG to 2 4 Awg, they run for around $40. You could certainly run multiple runs, and I would assume it would help voltage drops a little.

 

[Drowsy 10+ year member]

Yeah, i was thinking running 2 full cables off the battery right to the amps in the back. But if i can get away with running just 1 and splicing into 2, that would be better.

 

[99durango5.9L 10+ year member]

Yeah, i was thinking running 2 full cables off the battery right to the amps in the back. But if i can get away with running just 1 and splicing into 2, that would be better.

my uneducated opinion...is to not to that....

 

[Drowsy 10+ year member]

Well people with multiple amps, how do you do it?

 

[mxracer591 10+ year member]

probably like first guy said, dist. blocks

 

[edy 10+ year member]

what's already been said: distribution block.

 

[Drowsy 10+ year member]

Does anybody know of a place that sells these or have a link?

 

[MitchZ 10+ year member]

Does anybody know of a place that sells these or have a link?

Any local car audio shop (but they're over priced)

or

http://www.knukonceptz.com/productMaster.cfm?Category=Distribution%20/%20Fuse%20Blocks

Just find one that matchs your wire sizes

 

[SHOemup233 10+ year member]

http://www.knukonceptz.com/productMaster.cfm?Category=Distribution%20/%20Fuse%20Blocks

EDIT: MitchZ...your quick!