Where do I ground my amp? Pics inside.

[gladesteen]

I just bought a 600 watt Kenwood and it has 2 grounding spots on the amp. Which one do I use? I have the amp wiring kit that has 10 guage wiring. 1 power, 1 ground.

Why are there 2 grounding spots on this thing????

Left side of amp:
http://www.crutchfield.com/cgi-bin/...10&id=morephotos&i=113KAC729S&pi=6&display=XL

Right side of amp:
http://www.crutchfield.com/cgi-bin/...10&id=morephotos&i=113KAC729S&pi=4&display=XL

THanks for the help gang!
Mark

 

[redeclipse97]

You ground both. The big one is to complete the power circut (negetive flow of electicity) and the small black one is to ground the body of the amp in case there is a short inside of the amp (its just an extra precaution). For the small one just use a small gauge wire but for the big one use the fatest you can get, your power and main ground wires do not have to be the same size. Just remember that the shorter and fatter your main ground wire is , the cooler your amp will run. You should be able to connect the both of them to a common ground with no problems...good luck.

 

[gladesteen]

Originally posted by redeclipse97
You ground both. The big one is to complete the power circut (negetive flow of electicity) and the small black one is to ground the body of the amp in case there is a short inside of the amp (its just an extra precaution). For the small one just use a small gauge wire but for the big one use the fatest you can get, your power and main ground wires do not have to be the same size. Just remember that the shorter and fatter your main ground wire is , the cooler your amp will run. You should be able to connect the both of them to a common ground with no problems...good luck.

Thanks!
Do I use the "big" ground wire next to the POWER? So, basically both large wires will be next to each other and the remote next to that? Is that right?

Mark

 

[Big Bald]

You have 10 gauge wires for a 600 watt amp? There is something seriously wrong with that.

 

[gladesteen]

WHY? Whats wrong with it?

This is the first amp I have ever installed. Are the wires too small or something? I am only going to be running 2 10's with it.

Here is the budget subs I am going to power up. Looks the same as this, but mine are 10" with MAX output of 700 watts.
http://www.dlmenterprises.com/E-106.shtml

 

[Airpoppoff]

Originally posted by gladesteen
WHY? Whats wrong with it?

This is the first amp I have ever installed. Are the wires too small or something? I am only going to be running 2 10's with it.

Here is the budget subs I am going to power up. Looks the same as this, but mine are 10" with MAX output of 700 watts.
http://www.dlmenterprises.com/E-106.shtml

dude 10 gauge is really small, its gonna limit the performance of your amp, id at LEAST go with an 8 gauge, and make shure your ground is the same size as your power

 

[steve]

Originally posted by gladesteen
I just bought a 600 watt Kenwood and it has 2 grounding spots on the amp. Which one do I use? I have the amp wiring kit that has 10 guage wiring. 1 power, 1 ground.

First of all that's a 300W RMS amp @ 2ohms. It's fused for 40A and figuring typical wire routing the power feed is going something like 12-16ft from the battery to the amp. You should think about 4 gauge to avoid creating a large voltage drop when you crank it up. 10 gauge isn't going to do the job.

Steve