when installing an amp i usually unhook the negative from the battery, hook the power wire up without the fuse and run it to the back, then hook up the rca's and remote wire to hte head unit and run them to the back, then mount the amp and hook up the pos., ground, and remote in whatever order i grab them, then hook up the speaker wire, then hook the negative battery terminal up and pop the fuse back in the power wire. on my car, when im running a power wire, i run it from the interior into the engine bay, then attatch the fuse holder and ring terminal, and hook it up to the battery. id never do this on someone elses car, but im afraid my eclipse deck will go into the FFFFFFFFFF lockup again and ill be deckless for a few weeks again. when im working on my system, i just pull the main fuse.