Hi peeps, whats the best way to wire in amps to run a 500 sub,it was running off the battery which it was draining,but it is now dissconected

 

Did you have the amp switched, so it only powered up when the stereo was turned on?

Failing that, maybe you need to look at a split charging system, with second battery in boot?

 

Cheers 4 the info Billabong

 

By the sounds of things the amp was hard wired rather than using a 12v switch from the headunit so the amp was permanently on.

Basically you should have a good size power cable running directly from the battery to the amp. Where the cable pass's through any metal you MUST use a grommet. You should also have a fuse in the power cable as close to the battery as possible.

The amp should be earthed to a suitable point on the cars body (try to keep the earth cable as short as reasonable possible).

On the back of the headunit there should be a blue wire that is labelled as power cont or remote. This is the wire that will switch the amp on when the headunit is powered up. It will need extending and needs to be run to the rem terminal on your amp.

Just a rough guide mate. HTH

 

Hi Oranoco,that did certainly did help m8,thanks 4 the info

 

LOL : Oranoco, I guess I should have gone into that sort of detail as that was exactly what I meant re the switched live