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Silver Member Username: Safa19Post Number: 256 Registered: Apr-05 | im looking for 2-gauge amp kit and i dont know if the brand matters or not because they seem to range in price quite a bit so there has to be a difference right? so whats the top 3 brands, im looking to keep it under $100 for power wire, ground, rcas and a couple feet of speaker wire thanks |
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Gold Member Username: Chaunb3400Huntsville, Alabama U.S. Post Number: 4190 Registered: Jul-05 | All wires are the same, I would just make sure i got a nice set of rca cables |
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Gold Member Username: Chaunb3400Huntsville, Alabama U.S. Post Number: 4191 Registered: Jul-05 | http://www.knukonceptz.com/ and http://www.ebay.com |
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Silver Member Username: Safa19Post Number: 257 Registered: Apr-05 | also if i have 2 amps and i have the small blue signal wire from the back of my head unit going to one amp what do i do about the other one? |
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Silver Member Username: Safa19Post Number: 258 Registered: Apr-05 | I read some where that some power wires have a higher thread count that lets it carry more power is that true or not? (it was about rockford fosgate) |
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Silver Member Username: BlainewPost Number: 624 Registered: Nov-05 | you can split the wire... |
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Silver Member Username: BlainewPost Number: 625 Registered: Nov-05 | well ..dont ACTUALY split it...run the REM from the HU to the amps...then run sepaarte REMS from each amp..then splice the two to the one coming from the HU |
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Silver Member Username: Safa19Post Number: 259 Registered: Apr-05 | so make it like a Y so that it breaks off to each amp? also what is a good brand for RCA cables? |
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Silver Member Username: Safa19Post Number: 260 Registered: Apr-05 | what about a kit like this http://www.hifisoundconnection.com/Shop/Control/Product/fp/vpid/1458707/vpcsid/0 /SFV/30046/sret/1221322015222223224281212217282215212219286219216233290233234295 228227242229232245244237248243244 it has everything in it but im doubting the quality of the RCAs... will a 2 guage kit be enought for 1200watts rms (orion 1200D)??? thanks for the help |
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Silver Member Username: Safa19Post Number: 261 Registered: Apr-05 | how can a battery like this... http://www.hifisoundconnection.com/Shop/Control/Product/fp/vpid/1333953/vpcsid/0 /SFV/30046/sret/1221322015222223224281212217282215212219286219216233290233234295 228227242229232245244237248243244 have such a high amp out put if my alternator only puts out 105? |
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Silver Member Username: TdbdadrummerPost Number: 917 Registered: Aug-05 | Any wiring kit works, just make sure, you get good RCA's like Chauncey said, HOWEVER, I don't see that even they're that important. As really, wire still is wire. |
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Silver Member Username: N2audioLawrence, Ks USA Post Number: 271 Registered: Mar-04 | "how can a battery like this... http://www.hifisoundconnection.com/Shop/Control/Product/fp/vpid/1333953/vpcsid/0 /SFV/30046/sret/1221322015222223224281212217282215212219286219216233290233234295 228227242229232245244237248243244 have such a high amp out put if my alternator only puts out 105?" Even the $40 cheapo's can produce a few hundred amps at ~12v for several seconds at a time. An alternator's current output is limited by the number of windings in the case - while your battery produces current from a chemical reaction. As long as an alternator can provide enough voltage to keep the battery charged it can produce hundreds of amps of current for a few seconds at a time often over a span of 5 years or more. |
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Silver Member Username: Safa19Post Number: 262 Registered: Apr-05 | wow didnt know that about batteries thanks... but back to the wiring kit, does the size of the fuse matter? because i found a 2 guage kit that has a 60amp fuse and a 4 guage kit that has a 150amp fuse. Shouldnt those be reveresed since 2 gauge wire carries more power or would the 60amp be enought for an orion 1200D?? |
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Silver Member Username: ScubasteveCollege Park, MD Post Number: 851 Registered: May-05 | Kicker and JL wiring is pretty nice, but I don't always get them, both are up there in price if you buy retail. |
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Silver Member Username: N2audioLawrence, Ks USA Post Number: 277 Registered: Mar-04 | A 2 ga kit using a 60A fuse would make me wonder if it's really 2 ga wire. Some of the cheap wiring kits aren't exactly honest on the thickness of the wire. But yes, a 2 ga wire can carry about 40% more current than 4. helpful page -- http://www.bcae1.com/wire.htm |
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Silver Member Username: Safa19Post Number: 264 Registered: Apr-05 | yea it is by power accoutics http://www.hifisoundconnection.com/Shop/Control/Product/fp/vpid/1458707/vpcsid/0 /SFV/30046/sret/1221322015222223224281212217282215212219286219216233290233234295 228227242229232245244237248243244 can you check it out for me? |
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Silver Member Username: N2audioLawrence, Ks USA Post Number: 279 Registered: Mar-04 | I put an email into PA regarding that kit. I'll let you know if they reply. Assuming it IS truly 2 ga I would suggest purchasing the Sound Quest ANL fuse holder for another $6.25 and an ANL fuse (150 or 200A) for $3.15 along with the kit and you'd have a good sized wiring set up for less than $40 + shipping. |
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Gold Member Username: Suleman36Maryland U.S.A. Post Number: 2818 Registered: Feb-05 | www.knukonceptz.com simple and plain. |
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Silver Member Username: Safa19Post Number: 268 Registered: Apr-05 | yea but i need 2 gauge and they dont carry any by the foot |
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Silver Member Username: N2audioLawrence, Ks USA Post Number: 303 Registered: Mar-04 | Got a very surprising reply from PA... My email to them: "I'm looking at the Kit-2G. I know some of the cheapo ebay wiring kits use smaller wire than advertised, and judging by the 80A fuse that comes with the kit-2g I'm wondering if that isn't the case on the Power Acoustik kits. Can you give me the acutal current capacity of that kit, or what it's specified rms power limit is? I would like to replace the 80A agu fuse with an ANL possibly as large as 200A and just want to be sure the wire in that kit is truely 2 gauge." Their reply: "Hello Justin, IF your looking for good 2 gage wire then you will need to pay the money. Reynaldo Chavez Power Acoustik Power Acoustik Att: Parts Dept. Technical Services 1550 S. Maple Ave. Tel-(800)-832-4647 Montebello, CA 90640 Fax- (323) 722-1122" Wow - talk about brutal honesty. Not something you hear a lot of these days. |