Gav Hilton 05/10/2001 Wiring

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Guide To Wiring


Below is two simple plan view drawings of a car sound system. The numbers dotted around the drawing will be justified in the chart below!



Equipment Guide

1) Battery Just your standard battery will do for now
2) Headunit Your Choice(see Headunit's page)
3) Crossover box(es) These are needed when applying Tweeters(see crossover's page)
4) 6"x9" Speakers Your choice(see 6"x9"s page)
5) Amplifier Your choice(see Amplifier's page)
6) Sub Your choice(see Speakers page)
7) Components/Tweeters Your choice(see Speakers page)

Wire/Cable Guide

8) RCA leads These leads come in a variety of lengths, prices & quality(Click Here)
9) Power Lead These come in a variety of lengths, guages & quality(Click Here)
10) Remote Cable This is to enable the power to the Amp to be swiched 'off' when ignition is 'off'
(Click Here)
11) Speaker Wire Again, various lengths, prices, quality etc..(Click Here)

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NOTE!!An earth will try and ground through any metallic object and this includes system components and cables. In all cases, earth leads need to: A) Be as short as possible; B) Have the thickness of the power cable; and C) Be contacted to exposed metal. If your running more that one Amp, use the same earth point!