kam311 Posted June 30, 2011 Author Report Posted June 30, 2011 1st wire, neg on battery to a bolt with clean metal under the hood 2nd wire, engine to another bolt with clean metal 3rd wire, pos on battery to alternator now on the wire on the alternator U can run a fuse, IMO i never do but its fine to do it either way. with fuse its just the safer way So if the engine wire is currently going to the battery.. you can disconnect it and ground the engine wire to any good ground location? It does have to be the battery? I dont get how that helps the Amp flow, im confused Ive seen a few different threads saying that where you ground it (battery or chassis) doesn't really make a big difference. I was just confused where my engine ground was at! But I guess I'll just make it wherever I want haha, the shortest run possible because 1/0 ain't cheap! Quote so far... HU- pioneer DEH-P59001B Amp- crescendo BC2000D Wire- 1/0 awg welding lead Electric- Big 3 ^same wire Subs- 2 Obsidian Audio 12 d4's Box 4ft^3 ported at 33hz. designed by Ram-Designs
kam311 Posted June 30, 2011 Author Report Posted June 30, 2011 So if the engine wire is currently going to the battery.. you can disconnect it and ground the engine wire to any good ground location? It does have to be the battery? I dont get how that helps the Amp flow, im confused id leave it the way it is, its just one big circle basically from what understand ur also grounding the alt to the car itself/chassis when grounding the engine. some alts like mine, dont have a actual bolt on the alt to ground it off so grounding the engine is the next best thing on mine i went a bit over board: 2x-0g and 4g from neg on battery to chassis 2x-0g from engine to chassis(different spots) 1x-0g from alt to battery 4x-0g to rear batteries from alt 2x-0g from neg on battery to rear batteries That is a poop-ton of 0ga my friend haha Quote so far... HU- pioneer DEH-P59001B Amp- crescendo BC2000D Wire- 1/0 awg welding lead Electric- Big 3 ^same wire Subs- 2 Obsidian Audio 12 d4's Box 4ft^3 ported at 33hz. designed by Ram-Designs
BeatBox Posted June 30, 2011 Report Posted June 30, 2011 (edited) That is a poop-ton of 0ga my friend haha yeah all welding wire, 100ft of it not too bad on price actually like $300 or so its actually nothing compared to what some of the bigger builds on here have Edited June 30, 2011 by BeatBox Quote
kam311 Posted June 30, 2011 Author Report Posted June 30, 2011 That is a poop-ton of 0ga my friend haha yeah all welding wire, 100ft of it not too bad on price actually like $300 or so its actually nothing compared to what some of the bigger builds on here have Yeah like last Friday I ordered 25' of monster (got a good deal on it cause the company was making room for new stuff) for $75. But today I went in my shop to do some stuff on my dirtbike and I spotted like a 50' strand of welding wire laying in the corner under a bunch of crap and I was like DAMN haha Quote so far... HU- pioneer DEH-P59001B Amp- crescendo BC2000D Wire- 1/0 awg welding lead Electric- Big 3 ^same wire Subs- 2 Obsidian Audio 12 d4's Box 4ft^3 ported at 33hz. designed by Ram-Designs
BeatBox Posted June 30, 2011 Report Posted June 30, 2011 its good wire, for the price cant beat it i got mine from here its pretty heavy compared to regular wire of the same size/length http://www.powerwerx.com/wire-cable/welding-cable.html Quote
kam311 Posted June 30, 2011 Author Report Posted June 30, 2011 Oh and sorry I didn't answer the question earlier! I am going to do my big 3 first with the monster and I am going to run all the wires to my amp in monster 1/0 also... But then after I was going to piggy back the 4ga original wire that goes from batt to batt with a piece of that cadence 0ga, I would have bought more of that cadence but I don't really like it, a whole spool of it weighs like as much as 1ft of monster lol Quote so far... HU- pioneer DEH-P59001B Amp- crescendo BC2000D Wire- 1/0 awg welding lead Electric- Big 3 ^same wire Subs- 2 Obsidian Audio 12 d4's Box 4ft^3 ported at 33hz. designed by Ram-Designs
dkahns51 Posted June 30, 2011 Report Posted June 30, 2011 its good wire, for the price cant beat it i got mine from here its pretty heavy compared to regular wire of the same size/length http://www.powerwerx.com/wire-cable/welding-cable.html Does it carry up to 300amps? The 1/0 gauge? is it close to the Knu good stuff? Quote **Clicky>>My 2009 Subaru Impreza Outback Sport Buildlog<<Clicky** I'm messing up 98% of the time
BeatBox Posted June 30, 2011 Report Posted June 30, 2011 (edited) Does it carry up to 300amps? The 1/0 gauge? is it close to the Knu good stuff? its been working fine, i havent clamped it for exact numbers. i have 300A ANL fuses on mine its prob alittle smaller than the knu wire, but for being pure copper ill take it techforce also runs it in his truck i believe Edited June 30, 2011 by BeatBox Quote
dkahns51 Posted June 30, 2011 Report Posted June 30, 2011 I just dont want this wire to be the "peel and seal" of power wire lol. Quote **Clicky>>My 2009 Subaru Impreza Outback Sport Buildlog<<Clicky** I'm messing up 98% of the time
kam311 Posted June 30, 2011 Author Report Posted June 30, 2011 its good wire, for the price cant beat it i got mine from here its pretty heavy compared to regular wire of the same size/length http://www.powerwerx.com/wire-cable/welding-cable.html Does it carry up to 300amps? The 1/0 gauge? is it close to the Knu good stuff? I'm sure that it is! It's most likely just a little bit less flexible because car audio companies want their cable to be flexible more than anything it seams like. But I imagine if it's welding wire that it is good copper Quote so far... HU- pioneer DEH-P59001B Amp- crescendo BC2000D Wire- 1/0 awg welding lead Electric- Big 3 ^same wire Subs- 2 Obsidian Audio 12 d4's Box 4ft^3 ported at 33hz. designed by Ram-Designs
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