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steve montellano Posted on May 10, 2010

Kenwood how do you connect this amplifier to get a better sound what size of gage wire should i use. im running two 12 inch tipe e alpines with a pio neer head unit.

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Run a constant hot (from a fused BATTERY lead) most folks will usually use a 0 or 2 gauge wire for "main" power and ground keep the ground as short as possible (it will hit much harder) and a normal I think 16 or 18 gauge for the "trigger" wire from the head (radio) hope this helps :)

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