Yes, I disconnected it! And Im running 2 Ga to the back. into a splitter and 2ga into the amp. and 4 ga to my speaker amp. i have a 2100 rms amp but subs only running 1600 rms 4 kicker cvrs. maybe i do need to upgrade the fuse, never thought about that , I m looking at the fuse and it doesnt even say the amp i think it burned off! =0 Im sure its either 200-250