wiring help

[trashedxj 10+ year member]

ok first off i have a crapworn out batt under the hood, thinkin bout a kinetic1000 for that, then i figure a hc2400 or hc2000 to power the amps, amps are autotek 1500(2 amps) and crunch 1200(jus 1) to mee this seems good for daily fun and games and will over all be better than standard system for local comps and what not. so heres the question, i read lots on doin 2 batts and some say just parralel wit a max amp fuse near each wire on the power wire, some say main batt to fuse to 200amp solonoid to fuse to secendary batt, some say 2 strand 1/0 or 2 strands 4 or 1 strand 4 or 1/0 its like noone in this world truley can give strait answer so to bee safe i figure the hell wit the solonoid and do 2 strands 1/0g so iff doin that i need a terminal that i can input 2 1/0g's then also 3 4g so i can power each amp and will i ground amps to batt or chassis? later on ill get ho alt but not this summer! anyways nuff ramblin can someone tell me best way to do this and what the bast terninal for my needs and would just an optima yellow under hood and in my cargo get the job done and keep me atleast 13v for music and drop not much past 12v for burps?

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[SethPhillips 5,000+ posts]

run as many runs of wire you want to the rear batt.

i would segest at least 1 run of 1/0ga.

run 1/0ga from front batt + threw a 200a + fuse before the fire wall. then fuse in the trunk before the rear batt (s), ground the rear batt to a good ground in the trunk, then ground ur amp at the batt..

allso do the big three under hood in at least 1/0 ga wire.