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bruno71088 
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Posted: April 18, 2004 at 9:20 PM / IP Logged  
what would i need to do to hook up 3 amps im gonna have 2 for my subs and one for highs i have no clue how i can do this please help me out
bruno71088 
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Posted: April 18, 2004 at 9:21 PM / IP Logged  
i forgot to add i already have all the wires ran for one amp if that helps at all its 4 gauge
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Posted: April 18, 2004 at 9:24 PM / IP Logged  
whatr kinda subs an amps do u have. it would be a lot easier to run just one higher powerd amp. a lot less work to do. especailly for only 2 subs. but just my thoughts.
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Posted: April 18, 2004 at 9:34 PM / IP Logged  
Find a distro block that has one input and three out puts- prolly end up being four-  then for the turn on solder or crimp on four wires to the end of the main and go to the turn on points on the amps.  then for the ground, get the same distro block as the power and ground it to one point. I dont think 4 awg is going to work tho.
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You will probably want to run a 0 gauge wire from your battery fused with an ANL fuse under the hood. The ampage of the fuse will be all the amps fuses added together. (so if 2 were require 50 amp fuses and another a 20 amp fuse then get a 120 amp ANL fuse) Run that to a distribution block (found online) with a 0 gauge input and 3 outputs of probably 4 4 and 8 gauge. If your amp has the option of output RCA's (this means you can use the signal sent from your headunits bass output RCAs from the first amp and just send them to the 2nd amp) you can run 1 set of RCAs to your SUB amps then use like a 2 foot RCA cable to hook the other SUB amp up to. Then you will want to run a seperate set of RCAs for your HIGHS. Hope this is clear if not PM me with any ?s.
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bruno71088 
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Posted: April 18, 2004 at 9:44 PM / IP Logged  
i dont understand how i could do my rca's for all 4 i think i got the rest of it just get distributer blocks for the power and ground um im going to try and stick with 4 gauge becaus if i dont have to i really rather not mess with that stuff the amps arent very powerfull they shouldnt need it there 2 pioneer 760 watts each and a pyramid 1000 watt for highs
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Posted: April 19, 2004 at 6:26 AM / IP Logged  
what he means with the RCA's is a daisy chain, each amp should have an input for RCA's and an output. if it does you bring the RCA's from the headunits sub out and plug them in to the input on the first sub amp, then you plug another set of RCA's in that same amps output, then run that one to the second sub amps input. you will probably want to run a seperate set of RCA's from your headunits front out for your high amp
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well then stick with 4. Hope the rubber doesnt melt.
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bruno71088 
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Posted: April 19, 2004 at 7:13 PM / IP Logged  
um i already have the pyramid for my highs and i know for sure that it only has the input for rca's no out put im not sure about the pioneer's because i havent gotten them yet i just ordered them but i think they only have the input as well how can i run the rca's on the other amps if there are no output rca slots?
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What is the model # on the Pioneer amps? GM-X862?  GM-5000T?
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