ncochran Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 Hopefully someone might be able to chime in on this before I run my wires. I know that every system is different and what works for you might not work for me, but... Should I expect potential problems here? I am running 2 runs of 1/0 cca down the driver's side of my car. I ran my rca down the passenger to avoid noise there. If I run my driver's side door speakers in the same area as my power cables, is there a high potential for noise issues? I am running skyhigh 1/0 cca, and monster 12ga flat speaker wire. I think I read somewhere about not running speaker wire parallel to your power wire but I have limited options and it seems like I will have to cross the 2 cables at some point no matter what. Thanks for any insight! 2006 Scion xB 2 Sundown SA12D2 Ported at 32hz 147 on non termlab (140-142 on TL) Currently in a walled 4th @ 50hz (not metered yet) Hifonics brz2100 Alpine Type-S Components Kicker 300.2 Big 3 / Skyhigh 1/0 cca Optima Blue Top 3 e8s ported at 32hz 135.1 sealed on dash @ 56hz 135.0 outlaw (I must have chosen song poorly lol) Build log 'Brandon15zzz', on 09 May 2012 - 3:13 PM, said: May have been clipping but none fucks were givin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan14 Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 I ran my speaker wires down the passenger side of my car, my power wire down the driver side of my car and my rcas down the middle of my car. I dont have and noise or backfeeds in my speakers . I also have stinger ground loop isolators on all my rcas too. Your right about they will cross no matter what i have tried to make is my rcas and my power wire wont but the little bit they cross wont make a difference. Hope this helps man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agreene Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 Its the power wite and RCA wire not to put together I having had trouble putting my speaker wire next to powrr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TS2GFrank Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 I have always heard it's better to run the power on one side and RCA + spkr on the other side to reduce motor noise. I haven't actually tested this myself because I just automatically wired mine separate also. I guess as long as the insulation is good around the speaker wire you should be fine. That's why some RCAs have thick jackets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swordlordboy1234 Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 I always did RCA down center to the headunit since its in the center, speaker wires on opposite of the power and ground wires. Haven't had noise yet so far... My old YouTube channel : http://www.youtube.com/user/SwordLords1234?feature=mhee My old build log : http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/161872-96-accord-b2-sundown-sky-high-dc-power-re-re-build-for-heatwave/page-37 My New Build - http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/207041-2016-mazda-6-sql-build/ 2016 Mazda 6 Touring JL Fix 86 - OEM signal correction B2 prototype DSP 6to8 B2 Ref63 - 3 way active set 2 B2 Class H quattro's 1 B2 Zero.5R @.5 2 B2 HNv3 12 d2 B2 SLIP40 - Lithium in the trunk Northstar Group 35 under the hood 100ft 2/0 welding cable 30ft 4ga welding cable 20ft 8ga welding cable All stinger OFC speaker wire Soundrive custom RCA's Tons of attention to detail.... Can it be perfect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassfreake Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 how do you get the speaker wires to the oposite door? do you gotta run it all the way around under the dash or somethin? I mean I understand why not to run them together, it's the same with data wires you can't run secure wires along side non secure wires cuz no matter how much they're insulated there can always be a little bit of waves travel between them and someone might be able to pick up on that and get some secure information. Thanks I was pretty excited about the alt myself. kind of like a school girl, in a dress, on a swing. lol It's warming up enough that the donut-punching cyclist douchenozzles are getting their two wheeled fagmobiles out. My Build Log Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RooTxBeeR Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 how do you get the speaker wires to the oposite door? do you gotta run it all the way around under the dash or somethin?I mean I understand why not to run them together, it's the same with data wires you can't run secure wires along side non secure wires cuz no matter how much they're insulated there can always be a little bit of waves travel between them and someone might be able to pick up on that and get some secure information.It's what I did for my speakers and volt meter. On 11/20/2012 at 8:54 PM, AMI CUSTOMS said: Turned mine up today at a light, guy next to me his steering wheel started moving and he looked over at me like I was a magician lol. On 5/9/2012 at 8:45 PM, skittlesRgood said: fuck the plating. look at what the main metal used is. you could buy unicorn blood plated terminals but if its just covering up dog shit, whats the point On 4/10/2013 at 12:26 PM, mrd6 said: I'll admit, half way through sanding that fiberglass in the rain and cold while I was all itchy I was definitely starting to question why i was doing this haha Soon To Be '04 Ford Escape US Alternator 280A Hairpin D4800 Under the Hood (6) XP3000's in Rear 1/0 SHCA & XS Power 4 runs to back TORK2 kit from Tony @ CE Auto Supply Pioneer DEH-80PRS DD AW6.5 (2) per door *Tweeter Unkown* DD SS4a & C3d (2) SCV4000 @ .5Ohm (2) 15" Sundown Zv5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassfreake Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 ah ok. hmm... I just thought of something... aside from the fact that you would have to put a hole to get the power wires back into the car once they get where they're going, is there any issue really with running the power wire under the car? then there's no worry about not running your speaker wire next to your power wire or even crossing your power wire, Thanks I was pretty excited about the alt myself. kind of like a school girl, in a dress, on a swing. lol It's warming up enough that the donut-punching cyclist douchenozzles are getting their two wheeled fagmobiles out. My Build Log Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meade916 Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 you don't need to run your RCA's on the opposite side as the power wire. You ESPECIALLY don't need to do that with speaker wire either. That is an old (car audio) wives tale. It is more important to have one ground point for everything in your system then anything else (to avoid noise). You should be able to ziptie your RCA to your power wire and not have any problems (if you want to). I normally don't ziptie my rca's to my positive wire but i usually group my power, remote, grounds together and group everything else left over together. I have no problem running any of it on the same side of the car next to each other. remember, think GROUNDING POINTS if you are worried about noise. All SMD products + MORE available at my store here! https://wccaraudio.com/ Subscribe to My Youtube Channel! Over 1,000,000 subscribers strong! Turn on your notifications! http://www.youtube.com/meade916 Follow My Instagram! Daily live feeds from the shop, exclusive content way before it hits my Youtube channel...and little squares with photo's in them http://www.instagram.com/meade916 The Official SMD Facebook fan Page https://www.facebook.com/SteveMeadeDesigns/ Follow my Tweet (Twitter) http://www.Twitter.com/meade916 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassfreake Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 you don't need to run your RCA's on the opposite side as the power wire. You ESPECIALLY don't need to do that with speaker wire either. That is an old (car audio) wives tale. It is more important to have one ground point for everything in your system then anything else (to avoid noise). You should be able to ziptie your RCA to your power wire and not have any problems (if you want to). I normally don't ziptie my rca's to my positive wire but i usually group my power, remote, grounds together and group everything else left over together. I have no problem running any of it on the same side of the car next to each other. remember, think GROUNDING POINTS if you are worried about noise. hey cool good to know. Thanks I was pretty excited about the alt myself. kind of like a school girl, in a dress, on a swing. lol It's warming up enough that the donut-punching cyclist douchenozzles are getting their two wheeled fagmobiles out. My Build Log Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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