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| bbrock |
 Feb 11 2020, 09:29 PM
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914 Guru  Group: Members Posts: 5,269 Joined: 17-February 17 From: Montana Member No.: 20,845 Region Association: Rocky Mountains 
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I've been researching 4-channel amps to power my speaker pods and a small sub. Kenwood is not really a brand I gravitate toward but this amp has caught my eye for several reasons and gets rave reviews. https://www.crutchfield.com/p_113KACM3K4/Ke...4.html?tp=35782
An unexpected bonus is that it uses only a 10 gauge power wire and draws just 22 amps. That's within limits the stock harness and fuse block can handle, particularly given that I'll be running all LED lights which will cut down on current draw. Eliminating the hassle of fishing a fat wire through the harness snorkel to connect directly to the battery is appealing. What do you electrically savy folks think? |
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| bbrock |
Feb 12 2020, 05:33 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,269 Joined: 17-February 17 From: Montana Member No.: 20,845 Region Association: Rocky Mountains
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Hi Bob,
Do you happen to know what size wire that is? The amp I've settled on requires 8 gauge. Ideally, I would have run the wire when I had the harness out of the car, but I wasn't ready to choose an amp when it was time to put the harness back in. Not knowing what size wire I would need, I put it off to do it the hard way. Shouldn't be too bad though. |
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| burton73 |
Feb 12 2020, 06:43 PM
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burton73 Group: Members Posts: 3,489 Joined: 2-January 07 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 7,414 Region Association: Southern California
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QUOTE(bbrock @ Feb 12 2020, 03:33 PM)  Hi Bob, Do you happen to know what size wire that is? The amp I've settled on requires 8 gauge. Ideally, I would have run the wire when I had the harness out of the car, but I wasn't ready to choose an amp when it was time to put the harness back in. Not knowing what size wire I would need, I put it off to do it the hard way. Shouldn't be too bad though. Not sure bud but you can guess by looking at the factory wire in loom or shoot E @ PMB a message. Bob |
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