Hello All, Im finally going to install my amp I bought a few months back and have a few questions. Let me start by telling you were Im at. Im going to be installing an Sae-1000D amp powering an RE SE 10" rated @ 600watts @ 2 Ohms. I also have a 4 ch PPI amp bridged 160 watts running my front components. The car currently has 4 ga wiring. Would 4 ga still be enough to run the 1000 and PPI amps. Also what size fuse should I use for the power wire.

Thanks in Advance,

Mike

Hello All, Im finally going to install my amp I bought a few months back and have a few questions. Let me start by telling you were Im at. Im going to be installing an Sae-1000D amp powering an RE SE 10" rated @ 600watts @ 2 Ohms. I also have a 4 ch PPI amp bridged 160 watts running my front components. The car currently has 4 ga wiring. Would 4 ga still be enough to run the 1000 and PPI amps. Also what size fuse should I use for the power wire.

Thanks in Advance,

Mike

Upgrading your cars wire to 1/0 gauge will help with the voltage alot especially just by upgrading the two ground wires only(I went from starting at 14.0-14.1volts when my car started to 14.5-14.7v whenever I start my car depending on the temperature outside after just upgrading my ground wires only). I would use around a 150 anl fuse for your power wire, maybe not that big since you will be running the amp at 2 ohms but someone else may chime in if they feel differently about the size of anl fusing.

Congrats the sae is a very clean amp and you should be happy with it!

first off 4 gauge will be fine to power your amps 4gauge i believe you should be able to support about 1000rms and you want to do like 700-800rms. Anyways the correct way to do it would be to use a 1 run of 0/1 gauge wire to the back (where the amps are) then use a fused distro block to power both your amps. i say use 1 run of 0/1 guage wire rather then 2 runs fo 4gauge b/c a single run would be easier to work with it and i would clean up your install. a distro block that you can use would be one of these

http://www.knukonceptz.com/productMaster.cfm?Category=Distribution / Fuse Blocks

they are pretty cheap and look cool!

as for fuse sizes you should be okay with 90-120amp fuses each.

wiat you siad the car already has some 4gauge in it then you should be good lol! no need to rewire stuff!!

Hello All, Im finally going to install my amp I bought a few months back and have a few questions. Let me start by telling you were Im at. Im going to be installing an Sae-1000D amp powering an RE SE 10" rated @ 600watts @ 2 Ohms. I also have a 4 ch PPI amp bridged 160 watts running my front components. The car currently has 4 ga wiring. Would 4 ga still be enough to run the 1000 and PPI amps. Also what size fuse should I use for the power wire.

Thanks in Advance,

Mike

Upgrading your cars wire to 1/0 gauge will help with the voltage alot especially just by upgrading the two ground wires only(I went from starting at 14.0-14.1volts when my car started to 14.5-14.7v whenever I start my car depending on the temperature outside after just upgrading my ground wires only). I would use around a 150 anl fuse for your power wire, maybe not that big since you will be running the amp at 2 ohms but someone else may chime in if they feel differently about the size of anl fusing.

are you sure 150amp? i though after 120 amps 4gauge wire starts to heat up depending on what the wire is! also maybe do the BIG 3 jsut b/c it helps out with everything in your car!

i got a 100 amp fuse on my 4 gauge going to my saz 1000d. i got no problems

Thanks for the input guys. Yeah I already have 4 guage run to the back of the car. If its sufficient Im trying not to run a 0/1 guage wire. Ill have the 4 guage going to the distro block and then (1) 4 ga to the sae and 1 (8) guage to the PPI. Now you spoke of a fused distro block. The block I have is not fused. I only have the 1 fuse in the power wire 8" from the battery. So If I get a new fused distro block, I should install a 90-120 by the battery and another 90-120 in the distro block?

Hello All, Im finally going to install my amp I bought a few months back and have a few questions. Let me start by telling you were Im at. Im going to be installing an Sae-1000D amp powering an RE SE 10" rated @ 600watts @ 2 Ohms. I also have a 4 ch PPI amp bridged 160 watts running my front components. The car currently has 4 ga wiring. Would 4 ga still be enough to run the 1000 and PPI amps. Also what size fuse should I use for the power wire.

Thanks in Advance,

Mike

Upgrading your cars wire to 1/0 gauge will help with the voltage alot especially just by upgrading the two ground wires only(I went from starting at 14.0-14.1volts when my car started to 14.5-14.7v whenever I start my car depending on the temperature outside after just upgrading my ground wires only). I would use around a 150 anl fuse for your power wire, maybe not that big since you will be running the amp at 2 ohms but someone else may chime in if they feel differently about the size of anl fusing.

are you sure 150amp? i though after 120 amps 4gauge wire starts to heat up depending on what the wire is! also maybe do the BIG 3 jsut b/c it helps out with everything in your car!

I meant if he used a distribution block (one in and one out) by the battery under the hood, thats why I recommended a 150ANL fuse not for each amp seperatly.

Thanks for the input guys. Yeah I already have 4 guage run to the back of the car. If its sufficient Im trying not to run a 0/1 guage wire. Ill have the 4 guage going to the distro block and then (1) 4 ga to the sae and 1 (8) guage to the PPI. Now you spoke of a fused distro block. The block I have is not fused. I only have the 1 fuse in the power wire 8" from the battery. So If I get a new fused distro block, I should install a 90-120 by the battery and another 90-120 in the distro block?

Go ahead and use a 1/0 or 2 awg wire for the wire leaving the battery and fuse to the distribution block.

Use the 4 gauge you took out and put that on your second amp.

Keep your non-fused distribution block, you will be ok with a non-fused one just make sure upgrade the fuse that's 8" from the battery with at least a 150ANL.