Wiring Though The Box

[99durango5.9L 10+ year member]

in the bottem right corner of the box there are screws or something coming out....does he run the wire from inside the box to those then from those to the amp?.....because right now mine are coming out the port...i wasn't sure

Edit....i can't spell Through...not Though

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[babaganoush123 10+ year member]

yea. my box is the same i just run them through the port then to my amp.

 

[99durango5.9L 10+ year member]

yea. my box is the same i just run them through the port then to my amp.

but i don't wanna run them though the port tho....what could i use instead? would something like screws work?

 

[mrbomb 10+ year member]

get a terminal cup

 

[mrbomb 10+ year member]

or just drill a hole in the box, stick the wires through, and seal it with silicone

 

[BuckyBoy 10+ year member]

Just drill a hole in the back of the box, run the wire through, and seal around the wire.

That's a quick, cheap way.

Or, the best way is to just buy a terminal cup.

 

[babaganoush123 10+ year member]

screws would work or a terminal cup from radio shack there like $8 or $10 bucks.

 

[99durango5.9L 10+ year member]

or just drill a hole in the box, stick the wires through, and seal it with silicone

wow that easy.....alright thanks....

 

[FredS3251 10+ year member]

I actually like doing the bolts through the box. I had to terminal cup at the time and was like ok just tap and shove them through. Worked good and saved money on buying a cup not that they are alot of money, but yeah I would do it again just for the turnout.

 

[Nova76 10+ year member]

thats the best way to do it is drilling the hole and then sealing it after you put the wires throught iv burt up alot of terminal cups because they cant handle all the power running throught it i mean there plastic and if you have even 1000rms running throught it, it still burnt up on me

 

[savagebee 10+ year member]

thats the best way to do it is drilling the hole and then sealing it after you put the wires throught iv burt up alot of terminal cups because they cant handle all the power running throught it i mean there plastic and if you have even 1000rms running throught it, it still burnt up on me

you burnt up a terminal cup?

everyone knows to only use 3kwrms terminal cups

 

[SSS 18734 5,000+ posts]

thats the best way to do it is drilling the hole and then sealing it after you put the wires throught iv burt up alot of terminal cups because they cant handle all the power running throught it i mean there plastic and if you have even 1000rms running throught it, it still burnt up on me

Plastic is a good insulator. Something isn't right if your terminal cups are BURNING.

 

[bumpin buick 5,000+ posts]

I highly doubt you burned up your teminal cups, I have run 5kwrms through mine and had no issues.

 

[Nova76 10+ year member]

maybe its the audio store i go to maybe there just some cheap *** cups?

 

[savagebee 10+ year member]

no

I dont think so

its not a conductor

so you either had sparks and heat flying off of the wire leads, or it never happened

and if you had enough heat on the cups,they would have caught the box/car on fire