i need help with car audio?

Question

ok it is all hooked up and i hear sound but the wires what ever the
F they are or what the name for them are is not hooked up to the battery what is the best way to connect them to the battery without taking off the cables to the battery can i sodder them or what i need some real answers

oh yeah it is not stock its some after market stuff its all hooked up to a kenwood amp and all those wires are hooked up to thes two main wires wich my buddy that hooked them up just put in a gap between the batery and the cables he just got them in enough so i can hear music but i question if they would work if i hit a big bump in the road can i buy some kind of clips to attach to the wires and attach that to the battery some how

Answer 1

Nothing should be connected to your battery except if you have a subwoofer, then the main cable is run from the battery and it usually has a connector crimped on. If that is what you are talking about then you need to get a connector that has a ring on it so you can simply put it over the battery terminal and reattach the main cables.

DO NOT SOLDER THINGS TO YOUR BATTERY!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you are talking about a simple stereo hookup with regular speakers and a head unit. Nothing should connect to the battery, it should all run through the stock radio wiring or connect via a harness sold at many audio stores to connect certain head unit brands to certain makes of cars.

Answer 2

First of all, do you have side mount or top mount battery cables? If you have top mount, they make a device that will attach to the battery terminal with the original cable on it which gives you a tap off for auxillary equipment. Side mount terminals are a little tougher. Then you need to use a 3/8 inch ring terminal and crimp it onto the wire that runs to your amp. Remove the side mount just for a couple of seconds and place the ring terminal between the battery and the battery cable. Your amp should have a power input which turns it on when you turn your radio on. Your radio should have a amp signal wire, usually blue to activate your power amp. Your radio should be using the original power wire that the factory radio used for power. The reason is so that when you shut your car off, the radio turns off whilch in turn shuts off your amp and prevents it from running your battery down.

Answer 3

I just use a hose clamp (the metal ones with the screw, like you have on your radiator hoses, only a small one) to attach my cable to the metal part of my sidemount terminals.

I am using all three conductors of a grounded 15 amp extension cord for my power cable. I have a fuse on each wire, and all three leads are clamped under the hose clamp to the battery. I run this cable through the frame rail of my truck, and then up into the cab. I use one wire to power my 4 channel 600w full range speaker amp (because face it, I am never gonna pull 600w of mid-range), and I use 2 of the wires to power my 760w sub amp.

My ground is the same thing; two wires from the 760 and one wire from the 600 to one of the seat mount bolts (be sure you are getting good continuity to ground with a meter).

I've been driving around like this for a couple of years now - no problems. Its easy to change the battery, because I have not mucked with the actual "screw-in" part of the side mount terminal block.

Answer 4

That's and easy fix. you can visit any car audio store and there is an adapter piece available for your make of car for installing Amps. I had a the same problem when I installed my amp in my car it was a piece of cake and offered to hookup my friends..Well It made me regret offering it in the first place. On my Chevy I used my batteries post. It was a huge shock when I noticed my friends car didn't even have post on his battery even though it was a Chevy also. So make sure they look up your Year, Make, and Model for that adapter piece. Well I guess installing my friends amp paid off in the long run, because I know what types of parts I will need to get the install completed the right way and in a timely manner to.