wiring kits

[Showtime01]

the local audio store offeres wiring kits for 50 dollars. i was just wondering if this was a good price and if anyone knew where i could get a quality one. i dont know what kind of wiring kit it is or if that makes a difference but i want to get a good one.

[Maxx]

What are you referring to, the deck, wirring to the amps and sub.

[Showtime01]

is this a good deal for 30 bucks? its stinger wire

-20 feet of 10ga Custom PRO Red Power Wire.
3 feet of 10ga Custom PRO Black Ground Wire.
-1 Pre Assembled Waterproof ATC Fuseholder
with 30 Amp ATC Fuse.
-5 feet of Protective Wire Tubing.
-17 feet of 18ga Amplifier Remote Turn-on Wire.
-Ten 4" Wire Ties
-Full Assortment of 24kt Gold Plated Terminals and Hardware.
-Protective, Snap-in Wire Grommet.

[Maxx]

Sounds about right. Just a side note, you will still need a RCA cable if you don't have one. Also hope your not running anything too big. I always run #8 AWG for one amp and #4 AWG+up for 2-3 amps depending on the load size.

[Showtime01]

im running one 1800 watt mono kenwood amp and 2 kicker L5s. and my HU is a kenwood too if that matters.

[Maxx]

I would be running at least 1 - #8AWG to the amplifer if not 2 - #8AWG or 1 - #4AWG for your setup. The HU doesn't really matter if your using the stock radio power wire and if you are running split off your amp power it probably only draws 10 - 15amps, which is minimal when running the correct(80% load) size power wire for your amplifier.

[Showtime01]

i dont really understand what that means ha im a first timer. but i would really appreciate it if you guys could tell me what i should get for my set up. thatd be really cool.

[Maxx]

I need all the specs of your components to size it somewhat properly.
Product id/model # helps too. Like this for the subs.

Product ID: KK10L5 Category: Kicker L5 Subwoofers
Kicker Solo-Baric L5 S10L5 Subwoofer
Description: Kicker Solo-Baric L5 10" Dual 2/4-ohm Voice Coil Subwoofer Dual 4-ohm voice coils • copolymer cone • rubber surround • 50-450W RMS total power range • 24-100 Hz frequency response • square design

Whats the amplifer's specs if this is correct for your subwoofers?

[Showtime01]

alright well the subs,
-Dual 4-ohm voice coils, aluminum deposit cone, rubber surround, 50-600W RMS total power range, 20-100 Hz frequency response, square design and i have 2.

the amp,
Cast Aluminum Heat Sink
Detachable Aluminum Dress Plate & Top Panel Control
Dual Mono Drive Connection (2-4 ohms)
Class D Amplifier Circuit
Variable Bass Boost with Wired Remote
Built-in Variable Low-pass Filter
Built-in Infrasonic Filter
Gold Plated RCA Inputs/Outputs
Speaker Level Input
1Ω Stable
Power MOSFET Switching Power Supply
Single-side Exposure of Terminals for
Multi-Installation

and HU even tho it doesnt matter i was on the kenwood page,

AAC/WMA/MP3/CD Receiver with External Media Control
D-MASK+ Mortorized Self-Hiding Detachable Faceplate
Rotary Encoder & Jog Control Knob for Easy Operation
3D-FL Dot Matrix Display (4-tone)
Spectrum Analyzer
Maximum Output Power: 50W x 4 (MOSFET Power IC)
ACDrive (Advanced Codec Drive)
AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) Playback
WMA/MP3 Playback
System Q-ex/System E's+
Installer/Backup Memory of Audio Setup
SIRIUS Satellite Radio Ready
HD Radio Ready
External Media Control — iPod Ready
Dual Zone Source & Volume Control
AUX Input
Gold Plated 3 Preouts with 5V Preoutput Level

[Maxx]

Please read this b4 you begin...
http://www.s10planet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=464
http://www.s10planet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=28
http://www.bcae1.com/



AWG= american wire guage...small the # the bigger the wire is.

Referenced from the amplifer:
Power side:
1 - #4AWG wire from the +terminal of the battery with inline fuse some where in the engine bay of ez access to the +termianl of the amp

Ground: 1 - #4AWG wire from the -terminal of the amp to bare metal of the body or frame(scrape paint away depending on install) secured by a screw or bolt

1 set of RCA cables from the H/U sub output to left and right input of the amp
1 - #20-14AWG wire from the H/U remote wire to the remote signal terminal of the amp

Output to subs:
#16AWG if shorter then 6' if longer which it shouldn't be, go to #14 or #12.
Left positive and negative respectifully to the sub
same with the right.

NOTE: Some ppl use compression(crimp) connectors on the ends of the wire to and from the amp and at the battery and ground ends. This is up to you. Personally i use them at the battery and ground always and at the amp if they make the install ezr cause sometimes the wire is to big to fit under the terminal. This is mostly applied for the power side of the amp.

I believe if you read the links i provided that it should make it ezr and the rest is self explanatory. It is always better to oversize your wire and under size your fuse. I would start with an 80amp fuse but you might need 100amp fuse as per what your amp is using at full power and volume.

[Showtime01]

this is going to help a ton. thanks a lot im begining to understand some of it now too ha. thanks again

[Maxx]

Glad to hear :D

[baggedandcaddied]

basically you need to get a 4 gauge wiring kit and follow the instructions in the kit. I would recommend that you use the 4 gauge just to be safe.

[bjfish11]

I know this is a somewhat old thread. But, I wanted to give you guys this info. Here is where I always get my wiring kits, very great kits and really reasonably priced. WWW.Knukonceptz.com (http://www.Knukonceptz.com).