6.5" Component Advice

CaptainPioneer · Post by **CaptainPioneer** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 9:37 am

^^^ thats true, but I guess i didnt read the thread correctly, I didnt know he was amping them... I was thinking he was going to run them off the HU...

solacedagony · Post by **solacedagony** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 9:41 am

slick94prix wrote:I most likely won't use that harness, and will be running all my own leads. The stock wiring is like 18 guage, I'll use 12-14 guage for a bit more power flow to the deck for *hopefully* higher voltage out of the RCA's.
BTW, the 2000+ Bonne's have 3 grounds and 2 constants. No need for that when I just run my own lines.
Michael, do you have a website of all the products that you carry? I'd really love to see everything that you have!

I'm not sure what exactly you're talking about here. RCAs don't run through the wiring harness and I've never seen stock RCAs :)

Bwcad1 · Post by **Bwcad1** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 9:47 am

he's talking about putting a larger gage wire on his HU as in a 10 or 12ga to supply more current and keep the voltage higher. more current + more voltage = more power supplied to the pre-amp = more signal power!

CaptainPioneer · Post by **CaptainPioneer** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 9:51 am

Yea but Bill arent most HU, regulated? Like they are only designed to put out the output it says... if its a 4v preout thats usually the max right its not like u can put more through it... It has to have some sort of a restrictor on it.

Bwcad1 · Post by **Bwcad1** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 9:58 am

u wont ever see 4v's out of an HU that says 4v. thats like a max rating just like amps. so depending on input voltage it can change just like amps lol.

CaptainPioneer · Post by **CaptainPioneer** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 10:00 am

exactly, im saying that u cant get more than what that rating is for... Im not saying that Size of wire DOESNT restrict current, i was saying that no matter how big u make that wire it cant exceed the Voltage output

Bwcad1 · Post by **Bwcad1** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 10:05 am

ur right it cant. ur thinking as if ur always gonna get 4 volts and thats horribly incorrect. and you have a huge range there. from .05v to 4v think of it like this

Say you get 1v normally and that is with factory wiring and you loose some voltage because of the wire and connection point resistance so you started with 14.2v and you dropped to 13.7 and that gives you one volt. Ok kewl well you upgrade your wiring to 10ga and now you start with 14.2 and you don’t have any drop because your wire has no resistance so your voltage stays at 14.2 so you gain .5v’s of power. That .5 then transfers to the amount of power your pre amp can produce. Changing your RCA pre out voltage to 1.5v or whatever. Just for example

CaptainPioneer · Post by **CaptainPioneer** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 10:07 am

yea i know what ur saying... I was just saying that there is no way to make a HU exceed its Maximum Preout Voltage...

Bwcad1 · Post by **Bwcad1** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 10:07 am

yea but that doesn't mean you cant increase what your already getting?

CaptainPioneer · Post by **CaptainPioneer** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 10:13 am

NO NO I know i know, If you are rated at 5v max but u are only getting 2.5 cause u are runnning stock wiring harness that are 16guage then yea u can improve by going to 10guage for no restriction bumping u up to the 5v that u are maxed at...

There is always room to improve unless Stock wiring is setup as not restricting... I mean i have my power and Ground wires upgraded on my truck to 12g and there is a huge difference between that and the stock...