Question: Do you need a remote turn on wire for an amp?

Do I need a remote wire for my amp?

What wiring and accessories do I need? Car amplifiers dont come with any wiring included. You must supply the amps power and ground wiring, an inline fuse, a remote turn-on wire, RCA cables, and speaker wires.

Can I use speaker wire for remote turn on?

Speaker wires can be used as remote wires. It doesnt matter what kind of wire you use for a remote wire. Any copper wire will work when used as a remote wire. Since most speaker wires are made of copper metal, they can be used for remote wiring.

What can I use for remote wire?

you can use speaker wire for that. Just run the remote wire off your other amp. any copper wire will work it doesnt matter how old or new it is. just find some old copper wire and use it.

What can I use as a remote turn on wire?

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How do you split a 2 amp remote wire?

You can splice the tip of the remote wire, just before you reach an amp, and tap 2 wires, one from each amp. Ive seen some people put a jumper wire from the remote terminal of one amp to the remote terminal of the 2nd amp. It works.

Is yellow or brown wire positive?

Yellow is positive, blue is negative. With the 12v wall plug I used its red to yellow, black to blue.

Is 12 AWG speaker wire overkill?

The lower the gauge number, the thicker the wire. Thick wire (12 or 14 gauge) is recommended for long wire runs, high power applications, and low-impedance speakers (4 or 6 ohms). For relatively short runs (less than 50 feet) to 8 ohm speakers, 16 gauge wire will usually do just fine.

Can you use the same remote wire for 2 amps?

Yes. You can splice the tip of the remote wire, just before you reach an amp, and tap 2 wires, one from each amp. Ive seen some people put a jumper wire from the remote terminal of one amp to the remote terminal of the 2nd amp. It works.

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