Stock wire harness good for amp?
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Staging Lane
Joined: Feb 2010
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From: Virginia Beach, VA
Stock wire harness good for amp? So i finally got around to my install on new car, first thing was to run wires and whatnot.. After i ran the power wire and was disconnecting the Monsoon amp i got the thought of using the stock wire harness rather than running all new wires.. Lazy yes, Efficient possibly.. So i wen about soldering on extension wires to the harness and home made rcas to connect it to Amps.. Mind you right now i am suffering from speaker whine, and the troubleshooting is beginning.
in summary, 2 questions:
Right side a bad spot for amp wire? In last car i had 2 6 gauge wires running on both sides, this time im doing a 4 gauge main wire and splitting to 4 6 gauge sub wires for the amps (got only 2 hooked up now )
Is stock wire harness good enough to push 100-220w to satellite speakers
(got tons of pics of everything if needed xD)
in summary, 2 questions:
Right side a bad spot for amp wire? In last car i had 2 6 gauge wires running on both sides, this time im doing a 4 gauge main wire and splitting to 4 6 gauge sub wires for the amps (got only 2 hooked up now )
Is stock wire harness good enough to push 100-220w to satellite speakers
(got tons of pics of everything if needed xD)
Home made RCA's may have something to do with it. I would also take a close look at your ground wire. It should be as short as possible.
Just running new wire would have eliminated the trouble shooting.
Just running new wire would have eliminated the trouble shooting.
Thread Starter
Staging Lane
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 92
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From: Virginia Beach, VA
I had a feeling it was the ground wire, first i had it to the tail light ground, had a whine, then i made a new ground spot on the metal next to spare tire, still whining... Wondering if i double ground the amps? or are both these spots just bad
pic included of current.. tested it with only the satellite amp grounded, not sub amp, and it still whined..
*edit* Ignore the wire mess around it that was a wip picture
pic included of current.. tested it with only the satellite amp grounded, not sub amp, and it still whined..
*edit* Ignore the wire mess around it that was a wip picture
