Has any one hooked up the main power for their amp to the spot on the starter where the main positive battery cable connects.. since it's already a heavy cable. I only have the side mounts on the battery.. plus I wanted to try and hide the power wire for the amps.. and running it down to the starter might work..

 

there is no reason why it wouldn't work, but standard practice is to run it from the battery.

Just run a cable from the battery to a distribution block and connect everything else to that, or just make a new connector for the battery with the power cable for the amp included. Easier yet, get an 'add-on' post for the battery and wire loom and tape over the amp cable. be sure to fuse the cable within 10" from the connection, so you car doesn't catch fire.

 

easiest and cleanest solution is to buy a dual mount battery. Use the side mount for stock crap, and run the stereo off the top mount. I did this, and even wired my head unit off the top mount. Now with the flip of one breaker, my whole stereo is down.

My main concern with running it from the starter would be the immense amount of fun it would be to change fuses. It would also get plastered with road spray.

 

why would it catch fire without a fuse on the wire?

 

Umm.. lets see connect wire to location on starter for free.. or shell out over a hundred dollars on a battery.. why would it be hard to change the fuse (if it ever went).. the fuse would probably be installed just below the heater fan.. I don't have air. so that area of the engine area is really easy to get to.

 

As long as the connections wiring between the battery and starter are in good shape, it should work fine. It will definitly hide the wire!

You shouldn't have to change the fuse unless you A) overdrive your amp and/or melt down the power supply. B) touch the wire to any gounded metal.

Just to be safe, you should leave the fuse out until you have connected the wires, and verified everything else is wired correctly with no shorts (watch for little wire strands between the amp terminals)

PhAnToMs, to answer your question, if the fuse blows, it blows for a reason. imagine what would happen if the fuse was not there......ever see an arc welder in action?

bottom line: always use the fuse, but with proper installation and use of your equipment, it should never need to be changed.

 

thanks << im gonna go get a fuse cause i installed it

 

You should NEVER hook up a power wire without fusing it. NEVER. If there's any sort of electrical problem or if the wire shorts to ground, you have a very real possibility of having your whole car burn up.

Your fuse should be located as close as possible to the power source, no further than 18" away. By running it down to the starter, you wind up putting that fuse either in a spot that is very difficult to get to, or in danger of being corrupted by water spray and road debris.