Running two amps....

[G6U7A1M]

Alright ladies and gentlemen, I have been doing car audio installation for about two years, the DIY version. I have never needed to come across this problem before, until I decided to do a major overhaul of my car's sound system.

I own a 2000 toyota corolla. Stock system was ok but I just placed in a 12 inch sub and amp to fill in the music...or so I thought. Down to business. My overhaul will now feature MTX TAS652 6.5's components up front, TDX 6903 6x9's in the rear deck , and two 12" Audiobahn AW1251T in a slot port custom fiberglass box. Powering the mids and highs is an 800 watt coustics 4 channel AMP-800Q and a DUB8001 monoblock powering the subs. My main problem is finding the right size power wire to use to power the two amps along with the right fuse size. The coustics amp is using two 30A fuses and the monoblack uses two 25A fuses. I am right now using a 6 gauge power wire with a 30 amp fuse to power my current setup. But this new setup I know requires a lot larger wire and a higher fuse size.

I plan to use one main wire for about 10 ft and break it down into a distribution box to output into two smaller power wires.

What size should the main power wire be, what should be the amp rating of the fuse on the main power wire, the what size should I use for the secondary wires, and what should be the amp rating of the fuses ins the distribution block?

Any help would be great.

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[GAM3OVR 5,000+ posts]

I'm sry, did you say your using a mag audio dub amp????

 

[GAM3OVR 5,000+ posts]

Must be doing car audio instalation for two years in africa

 

[GAM3OVR 5,000+ posts]

Alright ladies and gentlemen, I have been doing car audio installation for about two years, the DIY version. I have never needed to come across this problem before, until I decided to do a major overhaul of my car's sound system.
I own a 2000 toyota corolla. Stock system was ok but I just placed in a 12 inch sub and amp to fill in the music...or so I thought. Down to business. My overhaul will now feature MTX TAS652 6.5's components up front, TDX 6903 6x9's in the rear deck , and two 12" Audiobahn AW1251T in a slot port custom fiberglass box. Powering the mids and highs is an 800 watt coustics 4 channel AMP-800Q and a DUB8001 monoblock powering the subs. My main problem is finding the right size power wire to use to power the two amps along with the right fuse size. The coustics amp is using two 30A fuses and the monoblack uses two 25A fuses. I am right now using a 6 gauge power wire with a 30 amp fuse to power my current setup. But this new setup I know requires a lot larger wire and a higher fuse size.

I plan to use one main wire for about 10 ft and break it down into a distribution box to output into two smaller power wires.

What size should the main power wire be, what should be the amp rating of the fuse on the main power wire, the what size should I use for the secondary wires, and what should be the amp rating of the fuses ins the distribution block?

Any help would be great.

If you do a big 3 you can get away with 4 guage

 

[G6U7A1M]

Sorry we're a little limited out here on this rock but, if there's not much to deal with then we use what we got. Plus the amp pushes my 2 12's to about 104 db.

 

[BigJoker 10+ year member]

0g to the block and 4g to the amps.

 

[kovemaster559 5,000+ posts]

Alright ladies and gentlemen, I have been doing car audio installation for about two years, the DIY version. I have never needed to come across this problem before, until I decided to do a major overhaul of my car's sound system.
I own a 2000 toyota corolla. Stock system was ok but I just placed in a 12 inch sub and amp to fill in the music...or so I thought. Down to business. My overhaul will now feature MTX TAS652 6.5's components up front, TDX 6903 6x9's in the rear deck , and two 12" Audiobahn AW1251T in a slot port custom fiberglass box. Powering the mids and highs is an 800 watt coustics 4 channel AMP-800Q and a DUB8001 monoblock powering the subs. My main problem is finding the right size power wire to use to power the two amps along with the right fuse size. The coustics amp is using two 30A fuses and the monoblack uses two 25A fuses. I am right now using a 6 gauge power wire with a 30 amp fuse to power my current setup. But this new setup I know requires a lot larger wire and a higher fuse size.

I plan to use one main wire for about 10 ft and break it down into a distribution box to output into two smaller power wires.

What size should the main power wire be, what should be the amp rating of the fuse on the main power wire, the what size should I use for the secondary wires, and what should be the amp rating of the fuses ins the distribution block?

Any help would be great.

sorry for the no help but you could use 4 guage . if you look at it right you aint pulling to much current to move to 2 guage wire

 

[GAM3OVR 5,000+ posts]

0g to the block and 4g to the amps.

over kill

goo 4 guage can do 130 amp current

you've got max of 110.

Just keep wires short and do a big 3 upgrade with 0 guage

ur shiet will run fine

 

[BigJoker 10+ year member]

Sorry we're a little limited out here on this rock but, if there's not much to deal with then we use what we got. Plus the amp pushes my 2 12's to about 104 db.

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over kill
goo 4 guage can do 130 amp current

you've got max of 110.

Just keep wires short and do a big 3 upgrade with 0 guage

ur shiet will run fine

never overkill.

 

[kovemaster559 5,000+ posts]

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never overkill.

in his case yes it is , hes got a voustic and a dub amp . cmon bro i would use remote wire to power this shit

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

Sorry we're a little limited out here on this rock but, if there's not much to deal with then we use what we got. Plus the amp pushes my 2 12's to about 104 db.

104? I hope you mean 140

 

[BigJoker 10+ year member]

in his case yes it is , hes got a voustic and a dub amp . cmon bro i would use remote wire to power this shit

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but just incase he upgrades. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[kovemaster559 5,000+ posts]

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but just incase he upgrades. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

what is he going to upgrade to a BOSS blade series amp //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[GAM3OVR 5,000+ posts]

in his case yes it is , hes got a voustic and a dub amp . cmon bro i would use remote wire to power this shit

most of the amperes on the fuse is prolly for all teh lights and disco balls attached to the **** oversized lamps.

You could prolly do 8 guage wire and spliti it to 10 and teh amps would work

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but just incase he upgrades. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

to what dual audio?

 

[BigJoker 10+ year member]

what is he going to upgrade to a BOSS blade series amp //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

yes

most of the amperes on the fuse is prolly for all teh lights and disco balls attached to the **** oversized lamps.
You could prolly do 8 guage wire and spliti it to 10 and teh amps would work

to what dual audio?

yes.