Comments on: Installing a toggle switch for my car amplifier/subs? http://youthinside.org/2007/11/15/installing-a-toggle-switch-for-my-car-amplifiersubs/ All About Shopping Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:23:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: fosgate3 http://youthinside.org/2007/11/15/installing-a-toggle-switch-for-my-car-amplifiersubs/#comment-582 fosgate3 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 02:32:58 +0000 http://youthinside.org/2007/11/15/installing-a-toggle-switch-for-my-car-amplifiersubs/#comment-582 Oklatom and Sin72 are right on the money. If your battery is dying then you may want to look at your battery and not a toggle switch. If you have an aftermarket head unit already, the power antenna wire (if the radio doesnt have a remote out) can go to the remote input of the amp and turn it on when you turn on your radio. Yes relays are cool to use when you are turning on multiple amps but for just one, you wont need a relay. Still in all, your best thing to do and least time consuming is to inspect your battery/alternator system. That's where your problem most likely will be. Oklatom and Sin72 are right on the money. If your battery is dying then you may want to look at your battery and not a toggle switch. If you have an aftermarket head unit already, the power antenna wire (if the radio doesnt have a remote out) can go to the remote input of the amp and turn it on when you turn on your radio. Yes relays are cool to use when you are turning on multiple amps but for just one, you wont need a relay.

Still in all, your best thing to do and least time consuming is to inspect your battery/alternator system. That’s where your problem most likely will be.

]]> By: mr p http://youthinside.org/2007/11/15/installing-a-toggle-switch-for-my-car-amplifiersubs/#comment-581 mr p Sun, 25 Nov 2007 00:22:36 +0000 http://youthinside.org/2007/11/15/installing-a-toggle-switch-for-my-car-amplifiersubs/#comment-581 no all you do is spit the remote wire in half and connect both sides of the remote wire to the toggle, no need for a fuse i have this done on my car i use the toggle sometimes when i dont wanna hear my subs just the treble no all you do is spit the remote wire in half and connect both sides of the remote wire to the toggle, no need for a fuse i have this done on my car i use the toggle sometimes when i dont wanna hear my subs just the treble

]]> By: sparky3489 http://youthinside.org/2007/11/15/installing-a-toggle-switch-for-my-car-amplifiersubs/#comment-580 sparky3489 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:27:24 +0000 http://youthinside.org/2007/11/15/installing-a-toggle-switch-for-my-car-amplifiersubs/#comment-580 Here's your answer Run a fused (1 amp) wire from the ACC to the toggle then to the REM on the amp. This allows you full control and you never have to worry about forgetting to turn off the amp. Here’s your answer

Run a fused (1 amp) wire from the ACC to the toggle then to the REM on the amp. This allows you full control and you never have to worry about forgetting to turn off the amp.

]]> By: Sin72 http://youthinside.org/2007/11/15/installing-a-toggle-switch-for-my-car-amplifiersubs/#comment-579 Sin72 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:05:57 +0000 http://youthinside.org/2007/11/15/installing-a-toggle-switch-for-my-car-amplifiersubs/#comment-579 if your batter keeps dieing while you are listening to your stero while driving.... upgrade the battery and generator/alternator.... if the subs/amps are draining the battery while your parked and car turned off.... your going to get a flat battery anyway.... buy a second battery if your stereo has a "remote" wire..... usually connected upto the elec arial or car cellphone unit.... run this through a relay and onto your amps... if your amps have a remote in.... you dont need the relay.... if you dont know how to connect a relay up..... get someone who knows how to.... unless your plain lucky.... you might blow your stero, amps and even worse... your car if you dont have remote sockets in your stereo and amps.... just connect up the toggle switch thru a relay then onto the amps.... DO NOT power toggle switches from the battery.... use a wire from your low amperage accessories... thats why you should have a relay if your batter keeps dieing while you are listening to your stero while driving…. upgrade the battery and generator/alternator….

if the subs/amps are draining the battery while your parked and car turned off…. your going to get a flat battery anyway…. buy a second battery

if your stereo has a “remote” wire….. usually connected upto the elec arial or car cellphone unit…. run this through a relay and onto your amps… if your amps have a remote in…. you dont need the relay…. if you dont know how to connect a relay up….. get someone who knows how to…. unless your plain lucky…. you might blow your stero, amps and even worse… your car

if you dont have remote sockets in your stereo and amps…. just connect up the toggle switch thru a relay then onto the amps…. DO NOT power toggle switches from the battery…. use a wire from your low amperage accessories… thats why you should have a relay

]]> By: trans am ws-6 http://youthinside.org/2007/11/15/installing-a-toggle-switch-for-my-car-amplifiersubs/#comment-578 trans am ws-6 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:42:09 +0000 http://youthinside.org/2007/11/15/installing-a-toggle-switch-for-my-car-amplifiersubs/#comment-578 Make sure you put a fuse block on it . Put a capaciter in there for it and it may help with the battery drain but your battery should hold up fine . It may be the reason it dies. Make sure you put a fuse block on it . Put a capaciter in there for it and it may help with the battery drain but your battery should hold up fine . It may be the reason it dies.

]]> By: Fred B http://youthinside.org/2007/11/15/installing-a-toggle-switch-for-my-car-amplifiersubs/#comment-577 Fred B Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:05:26 +0000 http://youthinside.org/2007/11/15/installing-a-toggle-switch-for-my-car-amplifiersubs/#comment-577 You would need to put it on the powerline in between the radio and the subs. You would need to put it on the powerline in between the radio and the subs.

]]> By: oklatom http://youthinside.org/2007/11/15/installing-a-toggle-switch-for-my-car-amplifiersubs/#comment-576 oklatom Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:58:43 +0000 http://youthinside.org/2007/11/15/installing-a-toggle-switch-for-my-car-amplifiersubs/#comment-576 What good do you think a toggle switch will do? Obviously the amps are taking more out of the battery than your alternator can put back in. Upgrade your alternator or get smaller amps. What good do you think a toggle switch will do? Obviously the amps are taking more out of the battery than your alternator can put back in. Upgrade your alternator or get smaller amps.

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