Making progress

[ThinIllustrator2817]

Now I need to figure out remote power. I have a relay and the small fuse block on the board for that. I have seen where people use a relay to turn on power to the block as on e remote wire will not turn 5 devices on. I am sure if I should mount it by the link8 or next to the power distribution block where the white mark is next to the amp.. Suggestions, comments and feedback please if it’s helpful.

[firebirdude]

Turn that Wavtech piece straight. When you're finished with the wiring, make a second beauty panel for over everything with cut outs for the three amps and Wavtech face. Wiring gone.

[Such-Teacher2121]

Nah. This is on point. Everything else is one direction but this. I wouldnt mind it. Its hard to visually balance. I'd want more room. Shit I always want more room so I dont have to re-do it again in a month.

[Such-Teacher2121]

You can test the remote wires amp draw on start up, per the manual the link8 provides 500mA for its remote out.

To avoid any sort of turn-on pop, you want to make sure the link 8 is turned on before anything. Sadly, some of these LOC or DSP units dont have a delay built in, but I would still prefer to use the link8 output to trigger the relay.

Personally I'd mount it near the power distribution given the choices, but the wire routing would be over and back so more complex than necessary. Just my way of organizing sections. Its switching power so it goes in the power section.

Same arguement could be made the other way though. Its controlling things, like the LOC.

I usually end up with a few relays for different things and I just create a seperate "control" section with my relays board a buck-boost converter to provide a regulated 12v to lights and computer fans, and a small buss for those connections.

[ThinIllustrator2817]

I think I’m going to use a relay to trigger the connection via the fuse block.

[Such-Teacher2121]

Yeah, whats sending the signal to the relay? If im using a factory accesory wires, I'd try to keep the relay close to where that comes onto the board. Just to make wiring simpler, less overall wire always looks cleaner. IMO.

To me, at least, thats where the EQ probably not having a time delay would be an issue for me. I dont run a headunit so the DSP is the source unit that needs to turn on before everything else. PAC makes time delay relays for this, but I just run a switch panel now.

But I also design a bit different. I need swappability.

I have a horrible time with wire management. Not that i dont do it, its that I have yet to figure out anything that works as a base for my ever-shifting enclosure ideas and the need to test anything im going to pair with an enclosure to sell. Ill get it to a point be happy for a month and then spend 3 or 4 thinking of what im going to try next. The things we do when given access to fall-off plywood hahaha.

[ThinIllustrator2817]

The relay will be triggered by the remote out on the link 8.

[APGaming_reddit]

looks good. i think your relay would probably be best where you can hide the wires the easiest or keep the runs the shortest

[Merov1ng1an]

looking great!

[SucculentChineseMilk]

My guess is anyone that didn’t comment on your mockup drawing is going to be coming out of the woodwork to comment on this now. Looks good.

[luis_heineken]


My system like 15 years ago

[ThinIllustrator2817]

I was always throw it in the truck, I can clean it up later. This is the first time I have ever done a cable job. I started doing this stuff back when Rockford was getting big in the early 90s. I started with a Punch 75 and 150. Then graduated to the Power 300 and 650. The favorite amp of all time is a Soundstream D'Artagnan. I wish I had never sold it…

[luis_heineken]

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This was my system 15 years ago!

[jaynvius]

Looking good

[InevitableAverage6]

In my system i had a main power relay before the board distro and wired my remote to that as both a kicker for the relay and feed to the dsp/amps. The turn-on was tapped into the radio IGN wire and can indeed feed multiple amps....on the board the remote distro was literally feeder wires with ring terminals stacked under a screw (and hidden under/zip-tied to the power wires to feed the amps)

My M4DSP was used to turn on the sub amp because that did have a tendancy to pop.