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Appreaciate ya, So basically there is no ratio for power to ground wires. An example to make sure were both clear and on the same page; once i get my big three done i will have three power wires leaving my main battery( 4gauge to alternator, 2gauge to alternator and 2gauge to secondary battery) and having one-1/0 gauge ground wire leaving battery to frame of car. Correct????? Thanks KU40

is there a ratio for power to ground wires or once you go 0 gauge ground, you can have as many power wires going off the postive terminal of a battery

thats exactly what im saying in less words, better than how i said it. could someone explain the facts or rule of thumb for how many positive wires equal a ground wire. for instance if i were to have three 2/0 gauge power wires leaving the positive terminals how many ground wires and what size, is it still one 1/0 gauge ground wire.

Im guessing i was looking at batteries like an amp, for every power wire their should be a ground wire. So in my case, my main battery as of now has two 2/0 gauge power wires coming from the positive terminals(one going to alternator and the other going to the distribution block to amps), and for the ground i have two 2/0 gauge ground wires coming from the negative terminal to the frame of the car. I was asking if you should have those 2 ground wires coming from the negative terminals or is one 1/0 or 2/0 gauge wire good enough for a ground? Does it matter how many power wires u have on a positive battery terminal to determine how many ground wires u should have coming off the negative battery terminals. appreciate it

any more input not really the answer im looking for, already knew that but i appreciate it

appreciate ya M5

on my highs amp, im running the power wire as 8 gauge and the ground wire as 4 gauge(i was told this was ok by a friend and professional installer). im not doubting his credibility, i just wanted to know what are the advantages and disadvantages if there are any to wiring your amps this way

M5, should i place a washer between the ring terminals and the car's frame or should the ring terminals touch the frame itself or it doesnt matter. last question appreciate it.

to reduce wires, i was thinking about running just one battery and wanted to know if one xs powermaster d3100 can push 3000 rms(give or take a little) plus a 105 amp alternator and alarm or should i stick with a d5100 and d2400. appreciate the info xspower

M5, Yeah currently i have no amp for my subs, there just riding with me for the health. i just got done working on the car and still sweating as im typing but drinking plenty of water in the texas heat. right now i have a 4 gauge wire from the positive terminal going to a dual output ditribution block with a 100a fuse on each side with 4 gauge wire going to each amps positive terminal. i just also sanded down the seat bolt and frame, then cleaned it with degreaser. I ran one 4 gauge ground wire from each amps ground/negative terminal to the frame where i placed a washer down the two wire rings held down by a bolt with a washer tightened into the seat bolt frame, is this a sufficient ground????? If im running an epic-160 and kenwood kdc-x492 in my dash and i wanna change the ground up on them from a 18 gague wire, what should i go with. They both have an 18 gauge wire for the ground going into a 16-14 connector or bigger if need be, but whats the biggest size wire i should use on the other end of the connector going to the cars frame or kick panel???? appreciate it the info, your very helpful.

Thanks KU40

i like the new vibe coming from this forum, good job on the new look

M5, If im running an epic-160 and kenwood kdc-x492 in my dash and i wanna change the ground up on them from a 18 gague wire, what should i go with. They both have an 18 gauge wire for the ground going into a 16-14 connector or bigger if need be, but whats the biggest size wire i should use on the other end of the connector going to the cars frame or kick panel. appreciate it the info, your very helpful

the profile ap1040 is the 4 channel amp, its setup: ch. 1 (2 boss audio tweeters @ 2ohms) ch.2 (2 boss audio tweeters @ 2ohms) ch.3 (2 eminence alpha 6c @ 2ohms) ch.4 (2 eminence alpha 6c @ 2 ohms) the profile ap1200 is the 2 channel amp, its setup: ch.1 (4 eminence alpha 6a @ 2ohms) ch.2 (4 eminence alpha 6a @ 2ohms) after i read what ku40 wrote, i went and did some research and the web site said 8 gauge would be good enough with the amount of power im using. the amps biggest power and ground terminals are 4 gauge so does that mean i should upgrade to 4 gauge.

Well in my case I drive a 2003 saturn ion and my main(starting) battery is in the trunk, where i will also placing my secondary battery at. The distance between the two postitive terminals on each battery will be less 2 ft. so would i still have to throw two fuses in between that small distance. appreciate the info

I definantly appreciate ya and will stick with the 8 gauge wire for the ground and power wires. I had the amps wired with both wires as 8 gauge and after i changed the ground wire to a 4 gauge i did notice how tacky it looked.

everyday i hear or see the ups man i just think of him stopping and dropping off my saz-2000d, i cant wait theres just too much anticipation

go to soundsolutionsaudio.com and go to the shop, click on amplifiers and then click on sundown and the rest is history

The tweeters are 4ohms, 50-100 rms, 5-20,000hz. The midranges are 4 ohms, 100 rms, 81-5,500hz. Yeah just those two channels with the combination of mid and tweeter were set at 1,200hz, the other two channels were high passed at 150hz. i switched a pair of tweeters that were wired to my factory speaker wire with those mid-ranges, now the first two channels are a pair of tweeters each (high passed at 1,200hz until i get a better amp with a higher frequency range).i do appreciate the input and the sound quality is completely better, the tweeters could be better but need another amp. now that i got this input, i will have no problem tweaking the 50.4 with my setup. thanks for .02

i will be running 6-eminence alpha-6c's(4ohms,100rms) and 2-boss audio tweeters tw12(4ohms,50-75rms) and im confused as to which 4-channel amp to get considering the 50.4 looks as if it only has the hpf going up tp 3,000hz on two channels only and wondering if im reading it wrong. is the 100.4 the same as well or is their a special way to use the 50.4 in my application. two channels will have two eminence's on them each and the other two channels will have one eminence and boss tweeter each. if i get the 50.4, channel 1&2 will be dedicated to eminence and boss tweeter, while im confused on how to run the two eminence setup on channel 3&4 with the hpf only going to a certain range.

maan im definantly going to make a trip to come and listen to the van, a bad ass build. two thumbs way up

well right now on my profile ap1040 amp, i currently run on two channels (one eminence 6.5" and one boss tweeter combination) all ran on the hpf at 1.2k hz cuz thats the highest frequency range on that amp but my tweeters have bass blockers on them. so should i switch that up have on ch. 1 both tweeters and ch. 2 both eminence's, appreciate the help

well right now on my profile ap1040 amp, i currently run on two channels (one eminence 6.5" and one boss tweeter combination) all ran on the hpf at 1.2k hz cuz thats the highest frequency range on that amp but my tweeters have bass blockers on them. so should i switch that up have on ch. 1 both tweeters and ch. 2 both eminence's, appreciate the help

I would love to come and get my system metered on the TL, im waiting to get my sundown saz-2000d. i stay in arlington, plus i wouldnt mind hearing your system also

i was thinking of getting 2-xs power d5100 or a deka battery as my primary and the xs power d2400 as the secondary battery. i also thought of a deka battery as my primary battery and the xs power 5100 as my secondary battery but not sure since it says that it does 3000watts if used as a secondary battery and i was wondering if that would be pushing it since im not familiar to how you guys batteries work in reference to power they are fulfilling.