Tools and material needed
Tools:
Flat and Phillips screwdrivers
Wire cutter
Wire stripper
Electric drill with drills
Crimping tool
Digital multimeter or test lamp
Wire brush, scraper or a piece
of an abrasive sheet to remove
paint for a good ground connection
Grease to protect the ground
connection from oxidation
Material:
Speaker wire: minimum
12 AWG = 4 mm
2
for subwoofer connection
Sheet metal screws for mounting the
amplifier to the amplifier board and the
amplifier board to the car + some extra
for fuse holder, amplifier ground etc.
Electrical insulation tape
½ inch thick plywood or particle board for
the amplifier to be mounted upon.
Amplifier installation kit:
If available,buy an amplifier installation kit. It
contains normally all you need. This is what you
have to buy if you buy the items separately
20- 25 feet = 6- 7.5 meter power cable,
4 AWG = 21 mm
2
or heavier.
1 pc of fuseholder to install close to the
car b fuse 100 Ampere (for 4AWG
power cable).
20 feet of 15 AWG = 1,5 mm
2
wire for
remote turn on / off cable from radio.
RCA-cable for input from radio.
- 20 feet or 5 meter for trunk installations
-12 feet or 2 – 3 meter for under seat
installations
Two ring crimp terminals –one
for connection to the battery plus and one
for the amplifier ground connection.
Four splicers to connect speaker
cables to high level input cable, if high level
input is used.
Wire ties
Insulating grommet or insulating tube
Stereo
head unit
3
Routing wires
RA10
Professional Tip:
Gauge (ga) is an American measure for cable size,
also called AWG (American Wire Gauge).
CONVERSION GAUGE - mm
2
0 AWG = 50 mm
2
1 AWG = 42 mm
2
9 AWG = 6,8 mm
2
2 AWG = 33 mm
2
10 AWG = 5,3 mm
2
3 AWG = 27 mm
2
11 AWG = 4,2 mm
2
4 AWG = 21 mm
2
12 AWG = 3 mm
2
5 AWG = 16 mm
2
13 AWG = 2,7 mm
2
6 AWG = 13 mm
2
14 AWG = 2 mm
2
7 AWG = 10 mm
2
15 AWG = 1,65 mm
2
8 AWG = 8 mm
2
16 AWG = 1,3 mm
2
Professional Tip:
If amplifier installation kits are available with diffe-
rent size of power cable, chose the most heavy
power cable to improve sound quality and to allow
more amplifiers to be installed now or later.
If possible use 4 AWG = 21 mm
2
cable for best
performance. This is for cable lengths up to 5 me-
ters. The ground cable must have the same size.
Max fuse values for different cable sizes:
6 mm
2
(9 AWG) :25 A
10 mm
2
(7AWG) :40 A
16 mm
2
(5AWG) :60 A
21 mm
2
(4AWG) :100 A
33 mm
2
(2AWG) :150 A
42 mm
2
(1AWG) :200 A
