hey guys, long story short. i wanna hook my amp up to a toggle switch. can anyone tell me how to hook up a switch to an amp?

 

just hook the switch up to the remote wire for your amp...it should be the only small guage wire attached to the amp.

 

however, some amps don't trigger with this, I had run a toggle switch for a while, but mine was a fix, so I got a new amp and no more problems.

Here's what I did, get a GOOD switch, has to be a 20 AMP or u will blow it, run a remote line from your battery into the switch input, then simply run another wire back to the remote jack of your amp, you then have an inline switch

 

why you guys putting switches to turn on your amps? Unless you're talking about a relay switch. Then i understand.

 

im talking about running a wire so that i can turn the amp off and on, because its draining my battery....

 

Is it always on? If wired to your remote trigger, it should turn off when your amp turns it off, in which case, u should be able to control the trigger through your head unit. If not, do what I did and run an inline switch, just make sure to put it somewhere that it won't get bumped.

 

ok so use the same kind of wire to run to the battery as the remote to the amp? is that right? and i was thinking about putting a toggle switch under the deck in that stock compartment that the cl's come with. i dont imagine that getting bumped on accident.

 

I used a thicker wire from the battery to the remote / switch I believe a 16 or 18 gauge, need to get power there somehow

 

alright dude, ill have to try that. thanks again!

 

Get a better battery and a better altenator.

And if yoru running a lot of juice get a cap.

 

get a batcap! its worth the money... i should know

 

Get an Optima

 

well im just running a single 12 with a 250w amp, u guys really think its necessary to get a cap or optima?

 

nah no cap needed, and as for the battery, i would suggest a red top

 

Why would u guys run a wire from the battery with a switch to the amp remote input (to turn it on and off)? Power wire from battery to amp power input, then remote wire from HU to the amp remote input. Amp will come on/off when HU is on/off.

 

well which wire is the correct wire for the remote on the head unit? someone told me it was the white and yellow and it isn't working. but i thought i would hook it up to a switch anyway.

 

Are you using the stock HU? If you have an aftermarket HU with a harness its usually the blue wire that's on the harness. With the stock harness, i'll have to look into it or so a search on the forum. Sure someone have posted it. But there really is no need for a switch to turn it on/off everytime yourself

 

also dont run a wire directly from the batt to the remote on the amp.. if you have a stock head unit, use a fuse extension and use the fuse for the windshield wipers or the cigeratte lighter.. they only come on when the car is on. if you have an aftermarket deck, youve got something hooked up wrong.. unless you dont have a remote wire, in which case youve got a 1992 sparcomatic tape player and its time to upgrade....pimp..

 

well can someone take a picture with a stock head unit, and what wire you are using as a remote, because there are numberous blue wires. and apparently the yellow one im using isnt the right one.