Thread: Putting in a switch for subwoofers

Originally Posted by chamilton89

Wow don't you sound like a dick. Really understand why people are hesitant to ask questions when people like you speak to other members like this. He doesn't understand. We have all been there. If your not going to contribute a suggestion or helpful comment then don't Post. I'm so tired of people like you. I really am. And the worst part is, I'm sure you don't know anything about car audio or electricity, just read a few threads and you think your an expert. I have news. I have had 5 years of higher level electrical engineering classes and I still have a ton to learn about car enginering. So please. Just shut up.

Just because you are an EE doesn't mean you know anything about car audio. I have a good friend of several years who is an EE and who does he call for his audio help? Hmmm, that would be me.

And if caps did any good, then people with high end sound off competitions would use them and guess what, THEY DON'T.

Just throwing this in here, i had 2 12 inch audiobahns and a 2000 watt class d swiss audio amp in my caddy , lights would always dim when i had it cranked and it hit. Added a 2 farad cap and it made a huge difference.Lights didnt dim and i never had any problems with it.Ran the system like that for 2 years.It is just a bandaid fix, but it did work.

Originally Posted by goldgp

Just throwing this in here, i had 2 12 inch audiobahns and a 2000 watt class d swiss audio amp in my caddy , lights would always dim when i had it cranked and it hit. Added a 2 farad cap and it made a huge difference.Lights didnt dim and i never had any problems with it.Ran the system like that for 2 years.It is just a bandaid fix, but it did work.

Good way of putting it. If you know ahead of time you're just better off doing the upgrades necessary to prevent it.

But a 2000 watt amp is also relatively powerful for stock wiring...

I run a cap only because my new setup came with it. My old setup i was running was a 900 watt amp, with two 12 inch kenwoods and it would dim the lights pretty dwecent when they hit. The new setup is a 1300 watt kicker amp with two 12 inch sonys and witht eh cap installed i deffinately notice the difference int he dimming. Personal preference but if you have it, and you feel comfortable putting it in and running it then go for it. Im just one person but im satisifed with mine.

Geez....4 pages on where to connect a switch to turn off an amp? The audio section is so much fun.

if you havent got a solid answer yet here you go. connect one side of the switch to the remote output wire (usually a blue wire) on your headuint, and then run another long length back to the amp and connect it to the remote input on the amp. theres your switched remote wire to the amp

thanks nicks, appreciate the fact u actually read what the thread's about lol but yea someone said similar on page 1, page 2 to here is mostly people ranting about caps which wasnt the original intention of this post

yeah i noticed lol, no problem, hope the install goes well.

Originally Posted by tc300

I read what you asked... I felt it was more important to tell you that caps are useless and worthless.... Sry if you didnt like what is the truth..... :-)>

This. You have caps on the amp that handle more power and are.the.size.of a quarter usually

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