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by Fishy » Thu May 19, 2005 4:07 pm

Yep, I do the same........... just in case, but if you think about it what RC says makes sense. You need a substantial amount of current running through your power wire to induce noise. At low volumes you have next to nothing. On the other hand whenever your amps are drawing enough current to induce noise they are also producing a substantial amount of output as well which would tend to mask the stuff, i.e. the noise is there. You just won't hear it just as you don't notice alternator whine while your system is cranked.

-Fishy

by lotas » Thu May 19, 2005 1:24 pm

JeremyC wrote: IMO better to do it right the first time, then spend more time redoing it later.
x2 :cheers:

by JeremyC » Thu May 19, 2005 12:14 pm

I know RC knows his stuff, but I still seperate all the installs I do. I don't mind running the remote wire with the RCA's, as long as I am putting in some good RCA's, but I always run the power wire on the other side. IMO better to do it right the first time, then spend more time redoing it later.

by Dragon_fire » Thu May 19, 2005 1:48 am

Its a mix between what voltage the output is in the rca, the higher the voltage the lower the noise floor. Its also how well everything is grounded. If you check everything and you still have noise, put in ground loop isolators.

by William from NOLA » Wed May 18, 2005 8:33 pm

I have all of my wires running down one side of my van. I have had no problem at all. The only time I had alternator whine is when I had this cheap Pioneer amp. After a few weeks, it went away and never came back. Crazy.

by MrSo0h0o » Wed May 18, 2005 7:25 pm

its funny, i ended up running my 4GA power wire, remote turn on AND left speaker wire all on the left side and i have no problem whatsoever with alternator whine. i guess it all depends on the wiring?

by Fishy » Wed May 18, 2005 5:55 pm

And Richard Clark claims that in practice running RCA's next to power wires isn't really a problem.

http://www.carsound.com/cgi-bin/UBB_CGI ... 1;t=022690

Although RC seems to love his roll as "myth buster" I'm pretty sure he knows what he's talking about.

:D

-Fishy

by dmeyer07 » Wed May 18, 2005 5:30 pm

Infact some rca's even come with the remote-wire "built" right along side of them.

by William from NOLA » Wed May 18, 2005 1:47 pm

The remote wire's current is so low that you really don't need to worry about it as long as you have a half-way decent wire shielding on it.

by Livinloud » Wed May 18, 2005 1:39 pm

Just keep the power wire on the opposite side of the RCA's and Remote wire.

So yes its fine to run the RCA's and Remote wire on the same side of the car.

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