Something about wiring amps

[flakko 5,000+ posts]

i got a lito question about wiring two amps to a HU. I understand how to wire everything except the turn on wire since there is only one turn on wire from the HU, how am i supposed to go about hooking two amps to one turn-on wire??

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[bri487 5,000+ posts]

just twist another wire on somewhere on the remote turn on wire and cap all the ends together.

 

[flakko 5,000+ posts]

just twist another wire on somewhere on the remote turn on wire and cap all the ends together.

so your saying add another wire onto the HU from the existing wire right???

is that bad for the hu?? or am i just being paraniod

 

[Acidburn 5,000+ posts]

you're being paranoid

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

I daisy-chained my amps together...as long as you're not running more than two or three amps off the head unit, you're fine.

Also, I stuck a 500mA fuse on the remote turn on lead where it came out of the wiring harness - "just in case".

 

[aa21830 10+ year member]

I daisy-chained my amps together...as long as you're not running more than two or three amps off the head unit, you're fine.
Also, I stuck a 500mA fuse on the remote turn on lead where it came out of the wiring harness - "just in case".

I did exactly the same with my two amps...not a lot of current flowing through the remote wire, so a couple amps wired together should be O.K.

 

[ANeonRider 10+ year member]

I wouldn't run anymore than 2 amps on a remote wire. 3+ and I would use a relay. To wire the turn-on to another amp, just run a wire from the remote wire on your other amp to this new amp (i.e. daisy-chaining).

 

[flakko 5,000+ posts]

sorry about this but what does "daisy-chain" mean?

 

[2kchevy06civic 5,000+ posts]

sorry about this but what does "daisy-chain" mean?

it means connecting items together. Like one item is getting the power while the others are feeding off it I guess. I dunno, it's hard to explain someone can explain it better.

 

[flakko 5,000+ posts]

ehh here i draw picture... like this?

 

[ANeonRider 10+ year member]

Is this what your trying to draw?

^That's what daisy chaining is.

 

[flakko 5,000+ posts]

yea thats wat im tryin to draw thanks aneon