Best route for Amp power cable?

Robert17 · Post by **Robert17** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 9:13 pm

Evening all, I'd like to put an amp in the boot of my 480, using quite a large power cable, just wanted to ask what the best route is? I've done it before through the rubber bit where the door cables run though, but there must be a better/tidier way?

Cheers,

Robert

jamooga · Post by **jamooga** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 11:06 pm

I've done this in two different ways ont both 480 i've owned.

In the '88 version i had no airco. I put the wire coming from the battery through one of the plugs that are in the holes through which aircon pipes usually run. It comes out from under the dash ssomewhere and from there i put it under the carpet in the door sill to the back.

In my other one, which does have airco I used the way u already described, through the doors.

Both times i drew ground from trhe body somewhere in the back. Guess anywhere will do as long as you have direct contact to the body.

GR jamooga

esta · Post by **esta** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 2:35 pm

Mine has AC, and its gone from the battery, up the side of the bonnet, under the seal across from the pass to drivers, through the fuse box, under the carpet/tread plates all the way to the back of the car, where it peeps out again and meets the rest of my audio equipment

SMOOTH 480 · Post by **SMOOTH 480** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 9:17 pm

punch a hole in the gromet like this ..............

then i run the power cable into a distribution block then down the left hand side under the sill covers that hold the carpet in

the signal cables (rca) down the right hand side again under sill covers ..

always run the power and signal cable (rca) on seperate sides of the car or you can get static discharge interfering with the signal

Hope this helps mate

Smooth