Two Amps hookup?

[LeTony]

I bought a 91 Honda Civic and it already had a Boss(2-channel amp) and and a Type S Sub. I just bought an Alpine MRD-301(Mono Amp) and plan to hook up two 10" Pheonix Gold Subwoofers. How would i be able to hook this all up to the battery?

[west nile]

yo man i do it getto style, run one power to one amp, then run a power in from one amp to the other, u should buy a fuck cant think of tha name, splitter box? some shit with a big power 8ga or 4ga and then splits to smaller ones. but getto styles cool, and gives no problems either if you runnin low watts

[LeTony]

Maybe i heard something called a Fuse Blocker. What does that do?

[west nile]

hah found it, its called a power distribution block, sorry man but its late brain aint functionin right. anyway its at prolly any audio shop and just splits 1 to 2 power outs, but u know just do it tha way i did it youll save money, and it aint no harm, im runnin 300watt sub, and 200w 6x9's and i dont have no power problems, fuse blocker never herd of it, its prolly just the fuse in tha power cable

[sofast]

Run a small length of power wire from the battery to an inline fuse then run it from the inline fuse back to the trunk. If you plan on using multiple amps you will need a disribution block.

[b16a3sol]

i wouldnt say you need a distribution block if you are running more than one amp. you can always just run multiple power wires from the battery back to whereever you have your amps installed. i have been running that setup for years now, and have never had any problems.

on the other hand, daisy chaining power lines from one amp to the next does sound like a bad idea. the power wire you are running to one amp is meant for just one amp. drawing more current at different voltages on the same power line is just asking for trouble. besides, if you are going to go through the trouble of running one wire, one more wire isnt going to be any more difficult.

[sofast]

Drawing more current at different voltages on the same power line is NOT asking for trouble. Make sure you use a thick gauge power lead. Then split your leads from the distribution block and run to your amps.