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New member Username: 225H-Town, PA USA Post Number: 5 Registered: Nov-05 | Okay important question here fellas. I just bought a kicker 400.1 amp to go with my type R. And in my car i already have an old school Rockford Fosgate powering my front and rear speakers. On the RF all of the inputs are taken up and there are no available slots for anything. So what i need to know is how to hook up my new kicker amp to power my sub?? Is there a way to hook it up to the Rockford or a way to hook it up seperately or what? |
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Silver Member Username: TheelfkeeperStockbridge, GA USA Post Number: 488 Registered: Feb-05 | you'll need to run Sub Pre Out RCA's from your HU. either run another power line or get a distribution block ant put it on your existing line (if the gauge is large enough to handle the extra current) and run lines out of the block to each amp. you can ground in the same spot with another wire. splice 2 leads from your REM wire, one to each amp. theres not really a way to hook the two amps together. |
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New member Username: 225H-Town, PA USA Post Number: 6 Registered: Nov-05 | can you get these distribution blocks at local shops like radioshack, walmart, etc? and what gauge is large enough to handle the current? (I would have a 50x4 for one amp and 440x1 for the other) |
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Silver Member Username: TheelfkeeperStockbridge, GA USA Post Number: 492 Registered: Feb-05 | check out www.the12volt.com for the wire size you need. amperage or watts and length are needed to figure that out. you can get dist blocks at a local audio shop, i don't think radio shack or walmart would have one. circuit city, best buy, or just a local audio shop would. or online, ebay or www.knukonceptz.com |
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New member Username: 225H-Town, PA USA Post Number: 7 Registered: Nov-05 | I'm still a little confused. first of all what distro-block would i need. One that has one input for the main electric wire to two outputs for both amps? How does it work, do i plug the main electric line into it and then it splits out into two? And where does the distro-block go, in the trunk near the amps or where? |
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Gold Member Username: RovinTrinidad & T... Post Number: 2480 Registered: Jul-05 | did u actually read that www.the12volt.com site ? - if u did all your answers will there get 1 thick main wire going in to fuse block then smaller wires going out the other end to each amp this will tell u what wire to buy http://www.the12volt.com/info/recwirsz.asp & it goes near . read this also http://www.crutchfieldadvisor.com/S-ymhkeYjMfQy/learningcenter/car/ ..... |
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New member Username: 225H-Town, PA USA Post Number: 8 Registered: Nov-05 | ah i see now. so i take the main electrical wire that is going into my Rockford fosgate, i put that in the distributor, then it splices out to two 8 gauge that i plug into the two amps. then instead of buying two distrr-blocks, ill just ground each amp seperately. is that right? and do you put the distributor in the trunk near the amps? ( i couldnt find that anywhere) |
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Gold Member Username: RovinTrinidad & T... Post Number: 2494 Registered: Jul-05 | for details www.bcae1.com no. 19 - all your answers will be here ..... |
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New member Username: 225H-Town, PA USA Post Number: 9 Registered: Nov-05 | acutally i found one that has a ground thing too. would this work out well? http://www.cardomain.com/item/ROCCPPFDC2 |
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New member Username: 225H-Town, PA USA Post Number: 10 Registered: Nov-05 | or this too? http://cgi.ebay.com/Lightning-Audio-AGU-Fused-Distribution-Block-New_W0QQitemZ58 30291405QQcategoryZ50550QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem |