amp installation

[playmaker]

How would i run the power wire to the fuse relay system under the hood?

[chuckclose1]

Originally Posted by playmaker

How would i run the power wire to the fuse relay system under the hood?

i beleive he is talking about where the hot wire runs from the battery to the fuse pannel. it bolts down there and is easy to add power wires to that location

[burgett2103]

no.. i mean run power wire directly to the positive connection on the fuse relay panel. It works great for me that's how i've done it with both my systems

[IanGT99]

^^^ Eh, I wouldn't recommend that. If you're running 4 gauge or bigger power wire, you'll get a better feed straight from the battery.

[burgett2103]

i had owner of electronic stroe do it the second time and he ran it straight to fuse panel

[IanGT99]

What size amp was it? If it was a smaller one, I could see that working as long as there was a large enough slot not being used... like a 30 amp one. I haven't looked at the under-hood panel in a while, so I'm not sure if there is one. A good rule of thumb is to just go to the battery and do an inline fuse.

[burgett2103]

i forgot what it is but i have in line fuse going straight to the positive bolt on the fuse panel

[IanGT99]

Ah, that makes more sense. I thought you were trying to take power straight from one of the fuse inputs. I would check the gauge of power wire going to the fuse panel, though. If it's smaller wire, then you're not getting the same amount of current you'd get going straight from the battery. If the fuse panel's feed is only 10 gauge and you're using 4 gauge, you're only getting what the 10 gauge can handle. That's why I think a straight-from-the-battery run is much better.

[chuckclose1]

Originally Posted by burgett2103

no.. i mean run power wire directly to the positive connection on the fuse relay panel. It works great for me that's how i've done it with both my systems

wow.... thats exactly what i said u were saying and u said no then said the same thing

[burgett2103]

oh my bad haha

[playmaker]

Originally Posted by ga2001gt532

or you could try ditching your remote wire on the sony deck and taking it off of the monsoon amp. thats what i did when my factory radio was in their. what color is the light on the amp. usualy they have two colors, green/blue when its working and red when its in protection mode. first just make sure all your wires are good and they have no cuts in them and check the fuse.

what color wire is it? and where do you have your amp grounded to?

[playmaker]

Could anyone tell me if this would work. I have 2 visonik 12inch subs and a 400watt visonik amp. I also have a sony explod deck. Would i be able to connect the remote turn on wire from my amp to E10 on the monsoon amp, and then connect my power wire to the battery and connect my RCAs to my sony explode deck, and then just ground the amp????

[chuckclose1]

Originally Posted by playmaker

Could anyone tell me if this would work. I have 2 visonik 12inch subs and a 400watt visonik amp. I also have a sony explod deck. Would i be able to connect the remote turn on wire from my amp to E10 on the monsoon amp, and then connect my power wire to the battery and connect my RCAs to my sony explode deck, and then just ground the amp????

first i need more info.
do you have your sony HU hooked up and working yet?
is it still useing the monsoon amp and all is working ?

if you have all that hooked up and working then the answer to your question is yes.
thats all you need to do to hook up the new amp
only im not sure the pin number for the remote on the monsoon amp. you will have to test it with a multimeter

[playmaker]

Originally Posted by chuckclose1

first i need more info.
do you have your sony HU hooked up and working yet?
is it still useing the monsoon amp and all is working ?

if you have all that hooked up and working then the answer to your question is yes.
thats all you need to do to hook up the new amp
only im not sure the pin number for the remote on the monsoon amp. you will have to test it with a multimeter

Yes my HU is working. And i dont know if the new HU is going off of the monsoon amp because best buy installed it for me.

[IanGT99]

^^^ Best Buy wouldn't have uninstalled your stock amp if you didn't purchase a 4-channel amp through them and have them install it. Trust me. They can't and won't do anything you don't tell them to do. So your stocker is still there and driving the speakers. As long as you take the remote wire to some accessory lead (only turns on when you turn the ignition on), you'll be fine.

[playmaker]

Originally Posted by IanGT99

^^^ Best Buy wouldn't have uninstalled your stock amp if you didn't purchase a 4-channel amp through them and have them install it. Trust me. They can't and won't do anything you don't tell them to do. So your stocker is still there and driving the speakers. As long as you take the remote wire to some accessory lead (only turns on when you turn the ignition on), you'll be fine.

alright. I think i might just hook up my remote wire and power wire to the fuse box. When i try to unsrew my negative on my battery is sparks when the wrench touchs the bolt, is this normal?? And on my amp do i connect the RCAs to the input or output?

[IanGT99]

A few sparks is normal, especially when you put the terminal back on the battery. If it's an exorbitant amount of sparking, that's not very normal. I'd have your battery checked.

When asking about inputs and outputs, it's the same no matter if it's home A/V, mobile A/V, or anything else. Just think of it this way, the thing that's creating the signal (your HU) is OUTPUTTING that signal to a receiving component that is INPUTTING the signal. So to answer your question, the RCA's should go from the output of the HU to the input of the amp. The output on the amp is a stereo pass-through so you can connect another amp without having to run RCA's all the way from the HU again.

[burgett2103]

do exactly ian said

[playmaker]

thanks for the help guys. I got it working today

[IanGT99]

Nice! What was the problem? Inputs and outputs? It's an easy mistake to make. Glad to hear it's all working right now.