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<blockquote data-quote="bbeljefe" data-source="post: 8182628" data-attributes="member: 655960"><p>If all you care about is the pretty lights, hook it up at the battery. However, if you actually want to monitor the voltage at your subwoofer amplifier, then hook it up to the subwoofer amplifier.</p><p></p><p>The purpose of having a volt meter in a car audio system is to warn you when voltage gets dangerously low at the amplifier(s).</p><p></p><p>If your engine's temperature gauge was jumping up to 250 degrees would you move the sensor to somewhere that wasn't that hot or would you address the problem and not burn your engine up? I would hope the latter and, if you have a volt meter connected to the amp and it's dipping below 11 volts... YOU HAVE A PROBLEM. ;-)</p><p></p><p>That's <em>the</em> reason we use volt meters in car audio... to make sure we don't fry our amps.</p><p></p><p>Blue led segments are pretty and all and yes, they do impress the girls. But... if you're having to install light shows in order to get girls, you won't find one worth keeping. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bbeljefe, post: 8182628, member: 655960"] If all you care about is the pretty lights, hook it up at the battery. However, if you actually want to monitor the voltage at your subwoofer amplifier, then hook it up to the subwoofer amplifier. The purpose of having a volt meter in a car audio system is to warn you when voltage gets dangerously low at the amplifier(s). If your engine's temperature gauge was jumping up to 250 degrees would you move the sensor to somewhere that wasn't that hot or would you address the problem and not burn your engine up? I would hope the latter and, if you have a volt meter connected to the amp and it's dipping below 11 volts... YOU HAVE A PROBLEM. ;-) That's [I]the[/I] reason we use volt meters in car audio... to make sure we don't fry our amps. Blue led segments are pretty and all and yes, they do impress the girls. But... if you're having to install light shows in order to get girls, you won't find one worth keeping. :-P [/QUOTE]
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