Do you know a good speaker kill switch?

[Truconcept 58]

I'm going to be putting a marine speaker under the hood of my car behind the grille

I want to run a kill switch into the cabin so I can only turn it on when needed

I'm looking for something that will not cause me any resistance or quality loss problems

 

I'm not real sure how to wire something like this until I see the switch

but I'm guessing you only run the (+) to the switch

and leave the (-) one whole wire

 

and no i am not turning my car into an icecream truck........

its for the drive in movies

 

Thanks and have an awesome day

[NDMstang65 403]

Just put a toggle switch on the remote side of the amplifier and split it on a fused hot wire..never put a switch on the output side of an amp, that's not a good idea.

[Truconcept 58]

So i would have to run a separate amp for the marine speaker?

 

I was kinda hoping to have it wired into my highs @ 4ohm currently

and hit 8ohm when the switch is turned on

of course I would only turn the switch on when the systems off

 

If it makes any difference I would only be running 150watts max

[S.DeYoung 967]

And why do you want a speaker under the hood of your car?

[Truconcept 58]

And why do you want a speaker under the hood of your car?

 

please re-read OP

[Duran 387]

What do you think you will achieve at the drive in? Set up your front stage properly and you won't need a center channel.

[S.DeYoung 967]

Again but why? Every drive in Ive been to provides the sound for the movie. Would this speaker be behind you or I front of you while listening? To do the install right a separate amplifier and speakers would be ideal.

[Randal Johnson 544]

What do you think you will achieve at the drive in? Set up your front stage properly and you won't need a center channel.

Don't think this has anything to do with a front stage

[jcarter1885 995]

Facepalm

Edited April 3, 2013 by jay-cee

[Randal Johnson 544]

Facepalm

[altoncustomtech 773]

Under the hood, behind the grille tells me he's planning on using it to hear the movies outside of the vehicle or something like that.  I don't understand the point past that though as if it were me I'd just disable the interior lights, back into the parking space and open the doors if I were going to sit outside the vehicle in lawn chairs or something like that to watch the movie.

 

I'm also trying to understand why Nick is so against a switch to the speaker though.  I mean, in a higher powered configuration it wouldn't be good to switch it with the volume turned up, but otherwise I don't see the issue.

[Truconcept 58]

Under the hood, behind the grille tells me he's planning on using it to hear the movies outside of the vehicle or something like that.  I don't understand the point past that though as if it were me I'd just disable the interior lights, back into the parking space and open the doors if I were going to sit outside the vehicle in lawn chairs or something like that to watch the movie.

 

I'm also trying to understand why Nick is so against a switch to the speaker though.  I mean, in a higher powered configuration it wouldn't be good to switch it with the volume turned up, but otherwise I don't see the issue.

 

 

yea me and my friends usually sit on law chairs in front of the cars

nobody wants 2 sit behind the car, we want to see the movie not a spoiler

and our drive in audio is all done through a radio AM station

I can't have the doors open with the key in the ignition without hearing the bell

 

Thanks for help

and Mustang guy too

 

I'm sure that's all i will get and now it will turn into a shitstorm

 

attention nolifers:

why i want to put a speaker outside my car

and the specifics about how we do it at our drive in should not be questions

u trolls should be posting here

 

i am asking about using a DECENT kill switch for a speaker

if you do not know ANYTHING

then do not post trying 2 flame my ideas

[Randal Johnson 544]

yea me and my friends usually sit on law chairs in front of the cars

nobody wants 2 sit behind the car, we want to see the movie not a spoiler

and our drive in audio is all done through a radio AM station

I can't have the doors open with the key in the ignition without hearing the bell

 

We use to back our trucks into the drive in parking places to chill in the bed while watching the movies ... They had those small speaker boxes to hang on your window like a Sonic Drive in trey ...

My apologies, I did not know they use AM to broadcast their signals ...

[///M5 2,833]

Duh, turn your car around backwards shut off the lights and open the doors. Or you could waste money and do what you propose.

What part of electrical switch can't you figure out? Seems to me you posted this to excite people, not to actually do this. Question is too simple to be real.

[Truconcept 58]

Duh, turn your car around backwards shut off the lights and open the doors. Or you could waste money and do what you propose.

What part of electrical switch can't you figure out? Seems to me you posted this to excite people, not to actually do this. Question is too simple to be real.

 

like i said....

 

i cannot have the doors open with the key in the ignition without hearing the door chime

 

what kind of mod don't read the entire thread before posting

you would love if i made topics to troll but sorry you're out of luck today

 

As for the too "simple a question" argument you have typed....

I looked at some switches at radio shack and almost all had 4-6 inputs on them

 

Idk if there is some specific switch in the car audio world that people use so excuse me

 

How about trying to answer the question M5, since it is so simple

[jcarter1885 995]

just buy a boombox and a shit load of batteries

Endthread

[Truconcept 58]

just buy a boombox and a shit load of batteries

Endthread

 

not a bad idea sir

but i wanna have some kinda bass from my subs during the movie

i can't wait 2 hear them there since my upgrade 2 digital designs

[S.DeYoung 967]

Get a fucking boom box that is powered by batteries. AM radio is a shitty signal, no need to waste your money with speakers behind the grill.

[S.DeYoung 967]

JC beat me to it

[S.DeYoung 967]

You are not going to get much bass, if at all from the AM signal

[Randal Johnson 544]

You are not going to get much bass, if at all from the AM signal

processor

[Truconcept 58]

wow at all the concern for my money like im about to spend thousands

 

 

can someone who actually knows a site that sells toggle switches that are good for

car audio speakers and easy 2 flip on and off and not chrome industrial

please chime in

something that lights up would be sweet

 

 

 

i wish i never mentioned what it was for but then i would be trolling

 

don't some show guys have switches they use for when they open the back doors

so they don't drive around with speakers playing that are not in the cabin?

[Truconcept 58]

You are not going to get much bass, if at all from the AM signal

 

dude i can knock pictures off walls with the oldies radio station

[Truconcept 58]

You are not going to get much bass, if at all from the AM signal

 

and they broadcast from the concession stand so the signals pretty beefy

[azagtoth502 31]

 

 

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