Split 1 remote wire to 4?

[wong05tsx 10+ year member]

Right now I have a remote turn on ran from my HU to my rear, where I used a butt connecter to split it into two signals, one for the 1500 and one for the 100.4.

In a few days I'll be putting my rear fill in and connecting the 100.2 (will then be split into 3 signals).

In about a week, I have a custom made balun (converts my stock HU's balanced differential inputs into unbalanced, so that I can use unbalanced amps) which will also need a turn-on lead.

Will it be safe to have the one run split into 4 turn on's?

I read that 2-3 is fine, but I'm not sure if 4 will be pushing it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

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[revrider1 5,000+ posts]

get a block to distribute them, should be ok

 

[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

if possible use a relay

 

[mokedaddy 5,000+ posts]

I would use a relay if you are turning on more than 3 things. I always use one for more than two. It really sucks to blow a remote turn on lead on a deck.

 

[AC Slater 10+ year member]

if possible use a relay

meh, hook it all up, if it works, leave it.

if it doesnt work, get a relay.

 

[wong05tsx 10+ year member]

if possible use a relay

if possible i'd like to avoid this since I already used all the outputs of my d-blocks.. i COULD probably fish a little wire in there with the other connection, though.

In event that I do use a relay, do I need to fuse the positive to relay?

Also, if anyone has a diagram of how to connect one, that'd be great, googles references is too broad :\

Relay -

Remote turn on to [ ? ]

Ground to [ ? ]

Power (fused?) to [ ? ]

Output to accessors [ ? ]

[ ? ] = #'s i think? I remember reading on this before but I deleted my bookmark

Thanks for the help

 

[Worlddre 5,000+ posts]

85 - Remote turn on from Hu

86 - ground

30 - Fused 12v

87 - output to amplifiers and such

87a - not used

 

[wong05tsx 10+ year member]

85 - Remote turn on from Hu86 - ground

30 - Fused 12v

87 - output to amplifiers and such

87a - not used

thanks //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif

and lastly, what size fuse to use?

 

[Worlddre 5,000+ posts]

15a

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

I've used my remote turn on lead to power up 3 things without any problems.

However, if I had a choice/the room I would use a relay just to keep things safe.

 

[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

anybody know why those are the numbers they use for the relay pins?

 

[joeboxer5876 10+ year member]

relays arn't hard and i would suggest it.

 

[joeboxer5876 10+ year member]

and they are cheap

 

[n2audio 5,000+ posts]

meh, hook it all up, if it works, leave it.
if it doesnt work, get a relay.

if it doesn't work, the remote out on the HU just got smoked.

that's an awfully stupid experiment just for the sake of laziness.

 

[MikeyB 5,000+ posts]

Wheres a good place to get a hold of a relay?