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[BUTCHER 206]

i never bought a kit i bought the wires individually from some random guy in a car audio forum who was selling "big 3 upgrade kits", they were 1/0 wires. i think i had a 150amp or 200amp fuse in between the alternator and battery

 

[jake921660]

im talking about the wire between the battery and amp, but some quick research shows that i should be ok with 8 gauge wire and a 100A fuse

 

[jake921660]

hopefully

 

[BUTCHER 206]

im talking about the wire between the battery and amp, but some quick research shows that i should be ok with 8 gauge wire and a 100A fuse

not sure, pretty sure there was a fuse inside of the actual amp so i only put one in between the alternator and the battery. thats hte most important one, you should have one there no matter what that way your car doesnt catch on fire if some shit goes crazy

 

[jake921660]

yeah but i think you are still suppose to have a fuse between the amp and the battery to prevent fires and shit like you said rather than protection the amp. i googled if i needed it and most results strongly suggested having it on there.

 

[BUTCHER 206]

yea you most definitely should

its been too long i cant remember how i had it all set up exactly

all i know is it was a giant fuckin headache and i shouldve just got it done at a car audio specialist and paid the extra couple hundred bucks to save myself all the headaches lol

 

[BUTCHER 206]

that shit is a serious ass hobby / profession.

theres a fine line between having a regular system and being a full on car audio enthusiast, i crossed over too far and it was nothing but headaches and lots of money, lol

 

[BUTCHER 206]

oh wait, now i remember, i most definitely did have a fuse between the amp and battery, as well as the amp having its own fuse, and as well as there being a fuse between the alternator and the battery.

fuses kick ass. i blew out the fuse between the amp and the battery a few times. its kind of funny you hear a little pop then theres no bass at all anymore lol, amp completely cut off from receiving power

 

[jake921660]

yeah not looking forward to redoing it all but once its working fine i wont touch it again. i would like it to be louder and shit but to do that i would need to replace the sub and amp, which is too much money/effort.

 

[jake921660]

im not planning on doing the big 3 upgrade or anything because its done fine without it for a while

 

[BUTCHER 206]

and fuses are cheap. i would keep yourself like 2-3 fuses as back up. never know when it'll go out, you might be on a long road trip or something then POP no bass. pull over and disconnect your battery and put a new fuse in right quick, good as new

 

[BUTCHER 206]

im not planning on doing the big 3 upgrade or anything because its done fine without it for a while

i did the big 3 upgrade and it was like WHAM five times as much bass. no more headlight dimming, no more other weird shit. then my alternators started getting destroyed every other week. tried to upgrade to a bigger alternator but couldnt figure out how to get it wired correctly cause i had to wire a custom alternator harness for it. then i just said fuck it and gave up. it wasnt worth the hassle. plus my old ass cadillac was starting to have problems anyway from driving that shit like 100 miles everyday

 

[jake921660]

yeah i got the day off tomorrow so will have a look at some different shops for that shit. will probably spend more than i want to but at least i will have a sub that works

 

[jake921660]

the limiting factor at the moment is the cheap ass sub that cant go much louder

 

[jake921660]

that would probably shit itself if i had more power

 

[BUTCHER 206]

lol it probably would

 

[BUTCHER 206]

my relief just showed up im outta here

about to watch workaholics episodes then play some skyrim

 

[jake921660]

ill just talk to myself then

 

[jake921660]

a rare page of actual car audio discussion in the car audio forum

 

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