Linking one amp of another

[AcID ZeR0]

How much power loss if any will the primary amp lose?

 

[jamesy]

depends on the lengh of power wire your running to each amp and what gauge theres not really gonna be much of a power loss certainly not a noticeable one

 

[AcID ZeR0]

Sweet cheers mate, tommorow is operation Kenwood, going to rewire all my ice use kenwood 600w to power sub and my other amp to run front Pioneers.

 

[jamesy]

remember to seperate the rca from the power

 

[muz]

you need a fused distribution block, a normal distribution block for the earth, at least 4 guage wiring probobly 2 guage.

 

[jamesy]

your need a 2 way dis block that goes without saying but a seperate earth block is not essential also 4 gauge into 8 should be more then sufficient with what your running however using a larger gauge will only improve your systems performance

 

[muz]

only if he is planning to run 2 seperate earth wires to the same point, you can pick them up for £5

 

[jamesy]

the best earths on the mk1 are the boot latch and the big brass bolt under the driver side rear seat i use a block myself as you should just make sure you dont earth two amps to 1 point

 

[Dink]

the best earths on the mk1 are the boot latch and the big brass bolt under the driver side rear seat i use a block myself as you should just make sure you dont earth two amps to 1 point

don't get this ?

are you saying to earth to the same point or not?

 

[jamesy]

not if your not using a block and yeh if you are as you would use a larger gauge from the block to the chassis than what would be going into the block

 

[Dink]

you should always use the same earth point whether you are using a dis block or not

 

[cliokiz]

I've earthed my system to the screw that holds the right hand rear light on! I just scraped the paint away and earthed it there. Seems to work ok!

I used 4 gauge power cables for earth and to the batt, but then i use 2 gauge to go to all the amps. 4 gauge is just too big!

 

[Dink]

8 gauge i imagine as 2 is bigger than 4(stupid f**king yanks for you )

 

[jamesy]

you should always use the same earth point whether you are using a dis block or not

:clown:

 

[Dink]

lol

 

[Brasseye]

put the biggest power amp on first in the chain