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Tools and material needed
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
2
12 AWG = 4 mm
13 – 16 AWG = 1,5-2,5 mm
speakers
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
½ inch 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 mm
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 mm
remote turn on / off cable from head unit.
RCA-cable for input from head unit.
- 20 feet or 5 meter for trunk installations
You can connect all inputs together and use
only one RCA-cable, or use separate wires
to each input.
Two min. 5 gauge ring crimp terminals –one
for connection to the battery plus and one
for the amplifier ground connection.
Wire ties
Insulating grommet or insulating tube
for subwoofers
2
for other
2
or heavier. See
2
wire for
Routing wires
Stereo
head unit
Professional Tip:
Gauge (ga) is an American measure for cable size,
also called AWG (American Wire Gauge).
CONVERSION GAUGE - mm
0 AWG = 50 mm
2
1 AWG = 42 mm
2
2 AWG = 33 mm
2
3 AWG = 27 mm
2
4 AWG = 21 mm
2
5 AWG = 16 mm
2
6 AWG = 13 mm
2
7 AWG = 10 mm
2
8 AWG = 8 mm
2
ULTIMATE A-series
2
9 AWG = 6,8 mm
2
10 AWG = 5,3 mm
2
11 AWG = 4,2 mm
2
12 AWG = 3 mm
2
13 AWG = 2,7 mm
2
14 AWG = 2 mm
2
15 AWG = 1,65 mm
2
16 AWG = 1,3 mm
2
3
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