Consensus needed on 16V amplifier wire...

[jsoutherland16 at comcast.net (Jeff Southerland)]

I don't know about the antennae, but my experience with amplifiers is this.
I always ran a fused wire from the battery to the amp. This wire should be
bigger than the one that supplies your tuner with power. There should be a
labeled wire on the back of the radio that will turn your amp on and off, so
it will not pull juice unless the radio is on. IIRC you can use the power
antennae wire from the back of the radio to trigger the on-off for the amp
also. HTH,  Jeff


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ryan H" <rhock99@epix.net>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 4:11 PM
Subject: Consensus needed on 16V amplifier wire...


> OK, just ordered a new radio, and I need to know, does the black wire for
the roof mounted amplifier get power or ground?  And if it gets power, where
to tap from?   Is it okay to have the amplifier powered ALL the time by
tapping it off the receiver power wire?  Has anyone done this before?  Any
experienced opinions welcome.
> Thanks!!!
>
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