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Old 10-20-2013, 06:30 PM
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I was reading something some where and people were talking about a head unit power pack.. What is it?
A small amp you wire behind your deck for about 45X4
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Old 10-20-2013, 06:47 PM
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A small amp you wire behind your deck for about 45X4
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Dose it do the same thing as a regular amp or no?
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Old 10-20-2013, 06:52 PM
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Dose it do the same thing as a regular amp or no?
Yes and no. It's just a cheap amp that puts out a minimal amount of power. A lot of us don't even believe the output to be that considering how small of gauge wire it uses. It just wires in behind your deck. But it's a cheap temporary fix
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Old 10-20-2013, 10:54 PM
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Yes and no. It's just a cheap amp that puts out a minimal amount of power. A lot of us don't even believe the output to be that considering how small of gauge wire it uses. It just wires in behind your deck. But it's a cheap temporary fix
It's a Class D with a 15 amp fuse, but I still do not believe it puts out a true 45 watts RMS x 4.
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Old 10-22-2013, 05:33 PM
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What would you use to connect wire to speakers? Solder or the wire connectors? I was thinking about solder
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Old 10-22-2013, 05:35 PM
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No done solder them use connectors it should come with them in the box

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Old 10-22-2013, 05:56 PM
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No done solder them use connectors it should come with them in the box Sent from my iPhone using FRF App
Solder and heatshrink is actually the best way.
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Old 10-22-2013, 05:58 PM
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Old 10-22-2013, 06:01 PM
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Solder and heatshrink is actually the best way.
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Old 10-22-2013, 07:27 PM
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To connect wires yes solder is the best way. But to connect speaker wire to the speakers? No use connectors. Unless I read that wrong

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Old 10-22-2013, 07:32 PM
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To connect wires yes solder is the best way. But to connect speaker wire to the speakers? No use connectors. Unless I read that wrong

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No you didn't read it wrong but you are wrong. A correctly done solder connection is the best. Always. But the female spade terminals are easiest and fastest and most often used.

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Old 10-22-2013, 07:50 PM
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No you didn't read it wrong but you are wrong. A correctly done solder connection is the best. Always. But the female spade terminals are easiest and fastest and most often used.

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And more serviceable if you change out speakers a lot like I do.
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Old 10-22-2013, 07:54 PM
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And more serviceable if you change out speakers a lot like I do.
That is why I said not to solder if you wanna change speakers the terminals on those will be all jacked up

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Old 10-22-2013, 08:00 PM
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When I wire decks I use butt connectors and I put them on like caps so there's an open end for testing/diagnostics later
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Old 10-22-2013, 08:06 PM
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When I wire decks I use butt connectors and I put them on like caps so there's an open end for testing/diagnostics later
That sounds like a good idea but also a terrible one lol leaves an open end for moisture and shit to get in.

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