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Amplfier wire route
« on: 23 February 2009, 23:04:08 »
Does any of you guys know where the best place to route an Amlifier live down the Omega from the Battery?

Will have a look tomorow but just wondering if its an easy job.

many thanks :)
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Re: Amplfier wire route
« Reply #1 on: 23 February 2009, 23:11:48 »
Through the bulkhead by squeezing the extra wire through the large grommets in the pollen filter housing, then down under the plastic kick strips. Not too bad a job once you've got the wire through the grommet.

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Re: Amplfier wire route
« Reply #2 on: 23 February 2009, 23:48:08 »
Thanks for that will have a looks tomo!
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Re: Amplfier wire route
« Reply #3 on: 24 February 2009, 10:53:27 »
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Does any of you guys know where the best place to route an Amlifier live down the Omega from the Battery?

Will have a look tomorow but just wondering if its an easy job.

many thanks :)

What current are you likely to need? There's generally a caravan feed in the boot along with the lighting feeds. You just need a fuse in he fuse box to power it up.
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Re: Amplfier wire route
« Reply #4 on: 24 February 2009, 11:03:14 »
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Does any of you guys know where the best place to route an Amlifier live down the Omega from the Battery?

Will have a look tomorow but just wondering if its an easy job.

many thanks :)

What current are you likely to need? There's generally a caravan feed in the boot along with the lighting feeds. You just need a fuse in he fuse box to power it up.

NO !   >:(

That s not a suitable feed for an audio amplifier.
A heavy cable MUST be run through the car, connected directly to the battery and fused in the approprate manner.

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« Reply #5 on: 24 February 2009, 11:09:53 »
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Does any of you guys know where the best place to route an Amlifier live down the Omega from the Battery?

Will have a look tomorow but just wondering if its an easy job.

many thanks :)

What current are you likely to need? There's generally a caravan feed in the boot along with the lighting feeds. You just need a fuse in he fuse box to power it up.

NO !   >:(

That s not a suitable feed for an audio amplifier.
A heavy cable MUST be run through the car, connected directly to the battery and fused in the approprate manner.

 :y


Ideally a circuit breaker if above about 30A......
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« Reply #6 on: 24 February 2009, 11:13:44 »
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Does any of you guys know where the best place to route an Amlifier live down the Omega from the Battery?

Will have a look tomorow but just wondering if its an easy job.

many thanks :)

What current are you likely to need? There's generally a caravan feed in the boot along with the lighting feeds. You just need a fuse in he fuse box to power it up.

NO !   >:(

That s not a suitable feed for an audio amplifier.
A heavy cable MUST be run through the car, connected directly to the battery and fused in the approprate manner.

 :y


Ideally a circuit breaker if above about 30A......

And as close to the battery +ve terminal as you can practically get it, but it MUST be fitted before the cable dissapears through the bulkhead

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Re: Amplfier wire route
« Reply #7 on: 24 February 2009, 11:15:22 »
Dave, are small circuit breakers now availble for in car use and are they widely used.....or are people still fitting cheap compact fuses to mega expensive power cable effectively negating the benefits of using big cable in the first place?
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Re: Amplfier wire route
« Reply #8 on: 24 February 2009, 11:17:04 »
Apologies for those who have seen this link before, but its still quite shocking to see how badly some people fit ICE

http://www.dndservices.co.uk/htmls/flash_htmls/blackmuseum.htm

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« Reply #9 on: 24 February 2009, 11:24:39 »
Ah yes.....you want to see some of the house wiring and gas work I see by registered pros!

People seem to still think that a fuse protects the appliance where in reality its there to protect the source.....it wont blow unless the connected setup has a fault!
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« Reply #10 on: 24 February 2009, 11:32:29 »
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Dave, are small circuit breakers now availble for in car use and are they widely used.....or are people still fitting cheap compact fuses to mega expensive power cable effectively negating the benefits of using big cable in the first place?

Circuit breakers under 30A are seldom seen for a number of reasons, availability being one, but the main one is price. Smaller amplifiers are generally fitted on a tight buget, and £6 for a fuse and holder is often deemed more acceptable that the £25 or so for a decent circuit breaker. The breakers only seem to be widely used by those who are truly dedicated to car audio systems, wheras most people will generally use AGU fuses up to around the 60A mark and ANL fuses from 100A to 300A. MAXI fuses appear to have died out nowadays.
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Re: Amplfier wire route
« Reply #11 on: 24 February 2009, 11:35:34 »
There was a rather poor wiring job on a Senator which a certain (overly mothered) forum member turned up with to one of our meets!



Sadly I cant find the pic but, it involved the above car with a set of crocodile clips directly onto the battery (no fuse), the wire ran up the bonnet edge and in through the door jam !
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« Reply #12 on: 24 February 2009, 11:40:01 »
I am amazed at the fuse use, they have a non-negligable internal resistance (its how they work at the end of the day), they age at every turn on and reply on friction contacts!

I guess the populus are not educated into the benfits of CB's fully yet  :y
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Re: Amplfier wire route
« Reply #13 on: 24 February 2009, 11:43:39 »
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Does any of you guys know where the best place to route an Amlifier live down the Omega from the Battery?

Will have a look tomorow but just wondering if its an easy job.

many thanks :)

What current are you likely to need? There's generally a caravan feed in the boot along with the lighting feeds. You just need a fuse in he fuse box to power it up.

NO !   >:(

That s not a suitable feed for an audio amplifier.
A heavy cable MUST be run through the car, connected directly to the battery and fused in the approprate manner.

 :y
Never been into car hi-fi so didn't know  :-[. Just knew there was a 12 volt feed in the boot on a reasonably sized cable!   :y
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Does any of you guys know where the best place to route an Amlifier live down the Omega from the Battery?

Will have a look tomorow but just wondering if its an easy job.

many thanks :)

What current are you likely to need? There's generally a caravan feed in the boot along with the lighting feeds. You just need a fuse in he fuse box to power it up.

NO !   >:(

That s not a suitable feed for an audio amplifier.
A heavy cable MUST be run through the car, connected directly to the battery and fused in the approprate manner.

 :y
Never been into car hi-fi so didn't know  :-[. Just knew there was a 12 volt feed in the boot on a reasonably sized cable!   :y

Its a good supply feed for many things, its just that Car Audio equipment requires unfeasably large amounts of power, and a direct feed from the battery is the only real option.

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