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Tools and material needed | Routing wires |
Tools:
Flat and Phillips screwdrivers Wire cutter
Wire stripper
Electric drill with drills Crimping tool
Digital multimeter or test lamp Wire brush, scraper or a piece of an abrasive sheet to remove paint for a good ground connection Grease to protect the ground connection from oxidation
Material:
Speaker wire: minimum
12 AWG = 4 mm2 for subwoofers
13 – 16 AWG =
Sheet metal screws for mounting the amplifier to the amplifier board and the amplifier board to the car + some extra for fuse holder, amplifier ground etc.
Electrical insulation tape
½inch thick plywood or particle board for the amplifier to be mounted upon.
Amplifier installation kit:
If available,buy an amplifier installation kit. It contains normally all you need. This is what you have to buy if you buy the items separately
20- 25 feet = 6- 7.5 meter power cable, preferably AWG 5 = 16 mm2 or heavier. See the table on previous page to find out what cable size you need.
1 pc of fuseholder to install close to the
car battery + fuse 80 Ampere, or other value depending on what cable and amplifier you use. See the table on page 2.
20 feet of AWG 15 = 1,5 mm2 wire for remote turn on / off cable from head unit.
-20 feet or 5 meter for trunk installations You can connect all inputs together and use only one
Two min. 5 gauge ring crimp terminals
Wire ties
Insulating grommet or insulating tube
Stereo
head unit
Professional Tip:
Gauge (ga) is an American measure for cable size, also called AWG (American Wire Gauge).
CONVERSION GAUGE - mm2
0 AWG = 50 mm2 |
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1 AWG = 42 mm2 | 9 AWG = 6,8 mm2 |
2 AWG = 33 mm2 | 10 AWG = 5,3 mm2 |
3 AWG = 27 mm2 | 11 AWG = 4,2 mm2 |
4 AWG = 21 mm2 | 12 AWG = 3 mm2 |
5 AWG = 16 mm2 | 13 AWG = 2,7 mm2 |
6 AWG = 13 mm2 | 14 AWG = 2 mm2 |
7 AWG = 10 mm2 | 15 AWG = 1,65 mm2 |
8 AWG = 8 mm2 | 16 AWG = 1,3 mm2 |
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