What should I run with my RCA wires?

[luckydawg003]

I am installing my 4 ch amp and 2 ch amp tomorrow. I know to run the power wire down one side of the car and rcas down the other. Now my ? is, should I run the remote turn on wire with the 3 sets of rcas cables, and 8 speaker wire lines, along with my 4 ch. bass boost wire together or separate some of those wires?

Also is it ok to use a 60 amp fuse at the battery, then at my distribution block that uses 2-80amp fuses? Thanks

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[n2audio 5,000+ posts]

I'd run whatever, wherever. A high current 14v power wire isn't going to be a noise source. Neither will speaker wires or a remote wire.

As for fusing - If you're running 2 80's in the back I hope that means you're running 2 ga or 1/0 ga primary wire. If that's the case I'd probably go with a 175A fuse up front.

 

[Einzee 10+ year member]

Running the remote wire with the RCA's is fine. I have even seen RCA's that have an extra wire attached to them for the ease of operation. Also you may run your speaker wires with the RCA's because the RCA's are electrically shielded and therefore will not pick up anything from the speaker wires.

 

[n2audio 5,000+ posts]

a lot of rca's are unshielded

 

[laryan2424 10+ year member]

just get good RCAs make sure u cut ur ground from da radio and it 2 da back 2 ur main ground i didnt do it at 1st and it was hell goin back doin it... it'll pay off

 

[benchambers80]

just get good RCAs make sure u cut ur ground from da radio and it 2 da back 2 ur main ground i didnt do it at 1st and it was hell goin back doin it... it'll pay off

Didn't your moma ever teach you to use punctuation and spelling? fvckbag!

 

[luckydawg003]

Well I was gonna run 4 gauge wire, but I have some new 2 gauge wire so I will prob. use that. I guess I will just run my rcas, speaker wire, and remote turn on together for ease of running them, and then my power wire the other side of car.

 

[luckydawg003]

also too. What size fuses should I use. Both my amps that I will be using have 125 amp fuses in them. I have a distribution block..not sure what size fuses to use in it, maybe 60s....and at the battery I have an 80 amp fuse. Is this sufficient. I ran 4 gauge wire to the dist. block. then 8 gauge to each amp. Or should I get bigger fuses?

 

[KINGDELL91 10+ year member]

Didn't your moma ever teach you to use punctuation and spelling? fvckbag!

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