8 ga power, ground, alpine cda-9807

Home / the12volt's Install Bay / Car Audio / 8 ga power, ground, alpine cda-9807 (

Topic Closed)

Welcome Guest :)

Members

< Prev Topic Next Topic >

still_walkin

Silver - Posts: 644

Joined: April 18, 2007

Location: California, United States

Posted: July 19, 2008 at 6:41 PM / IP Logged

I was talkin to the guy online at cardomain and he told me that he put an 8 awg power wire and ground on his Alpine CDA-9807 . He said he complety took out the factory wires on the harness and resoldered those in it. When the bass I on he gets 13.8 and not 14.4. I'm not sure if he wired it straight to the battery or not but what you all think of is could it work safely or its overkill

1993 sdv

Alpine 4x6 6x9 5 1/4 swr-10d4

alpine v60

12.5 VGA flip down

Nettop pc w/10" touch screen

78nova

5-re audio 5x7 ,10" sub &

Xtx-500.5

"Take the faceplate off get the jumperpack"

i am an idiot

Platinum - Posts: 13,670

This member consistently provides reliable information

Joined: September 21, 2006

Location: Louisiana, United States

Posted: July 19, 2008 at 7:07 PM / IP Logged

Are your speakers connected to the deck?

still_walkin

Silver - Posts: 644

Joined: April 18, 2007

Location: California, United States

Posted: July 19, 2008 at 7:15 PM / IP Logged

No they are wired to an external amp. Would it make a difference if they wasn't wired to an amp

1993 sdv

Alpine 4x6 6x9 5 1/4 swr-10d4

alpine v60

12.5 VGA flip down

Nettop pc w/10" touch screen

78nova

5-re audio 5x7 ,10" sub &

Xtx-500.5

"Take the faceplate off get the jumperpack"

i am an idiot

Platinum - Posts: 13,670

Joined: September 21, 2006

Location: Louisiana, United States

Posted: July 19, 2008 at 7:41 PM / IP Logged

The only reason Alpine reccomends you run a wire directly to the battery is for extra current capacity to run the output chip in the radio. With no speakers connected to the deck, it may pull 3 amps of current if it has trouble ejecting a disk.

Upgrading the power and ground when you have no speakers connected to it is a total waste of time. If you did have speakers connected to the deck an 8 Ga. wire is way overkill.

still_walkin

Silver - Posts: 644

Joined: April 18, 2007

Location: California, United States

Posted: July 19, 2008 at 8:03 PM / IP Logged

He had the power ground upgraded to 8awg and the speaker wire he didn't specify on his car domain site. So if he did have the speakers hooked up to the radios harness it would be worth it. Also I didn't understand what you ment by the thee amps theory and the cd can't come out the radio. I have 3 amp wired to my jvc and the cd function works fine

1993 sdv

Alpine 4x6 6x9 5 1/4 swr-10d4

alpine v60

12.5 VGA flip down

Nettop pc w/10" touch screen

78nova

5-re audio 5x7 ,10" sub &

Xtx-500.5

"Take the faceplate off get the jumperpack"

i am an idiot

Platinum - Posts: 13,670

Joined: September 21, 2006

Location: Louisiana, United States

Posted: July 19, 2008 at 8:12 PM / IP Logged

With no speakers connected to your alpine deck, the most current it will pull through the constant and ground is 3 amps of current. Nothing to do with number of amplifiers. The only way it will pull 3 amps of current is if the eject motor was put in a bind. With only 3 amps of current draw, your factory wires are way big enough to handle that.

still_walkin

Silver - Posts: 644

Joined: April 18, 2007

Location: California, United States

Posted: July 19, 2008 at 8:23 PM / IP Logged

Ok you put that into perspective that's when he told me he put 8 guage wire it I was wondering why and if the radio could take more why didn't alpine put 8 on it. Which reminds me of the idea I had of running 0 guage to a a guage amp and putting a reducer on it. It looks nice but does the same as the 4 guage. ***

1993 sdv

Alpine 4x6 6x9 5 1/4 swr-10d4

alpine v60

12.5 VGA flip down

Nettop pc w/10" touch screen

78nova

5-re audio 5x7 ,10" sub &

Xtx-500.5

"Take the faceplate off get the jumperpack"

Sorry, you can NOT post a reply.
This topic is closed.

Printable version

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot create polls in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum

Search the12volt.com

Follow the12volt.com

Disclaimer: *All information on this site ( the12volt.com ) is provided "as is" without any warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to fitness for a particular use. Any user assumes the entire risk as to the accuracy and use of this information. Please verify all wire colors and diagrams before applying any information.

8 ga power, ground, alpine cda-9807

Sorry, you can NOT post a reply.This topic is closed.

Sorry, you can NOT post a reply.
This topic is closed.