Hi, Guest
04-25-2005, 12:16 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-25-2005, 12:17 PM by Honkeytonk Monkey.)
Get ahold of 1/0 suage welding cable. Copper conducts electricity no matter how little you paid for it, and welding cable is cheap (free if you know someone :P ) If you unbolt the driver's seat as well as the rear driver side seat bottom, you can lift the carpt on that side out of the way, then, using gromets in each opening, pass the wire through access holes in the mounts for the driver seat. the wire fits easily and allows a straight run to the back of the car.
That said, wire corrosion isn't a very big concern in a vehicle, as the car itself would likely rust apart before the copper. Welding cable has a thick sleeve over it, and after clamping the end connections on, heatshrinking the open areas at each end of the wire will ensure it's completely watertight.
If you're concerned with the aesthetics of the wiring, PET sleeving is also fairly inexpensive and adds a nice finishing touch to the cable, and is also easy to find either online or locally if you live anywhere with a big box home center.
As for RCA cables, it all depends on your situation. Shielded wire is a good idea in a vehicle to keep out noise but cheap wire isn't the cause of the wine you can sometimes hear that follows engine RPM. Usually a ground problem like excessively long runs to a ground point, or simply a bad ground point, cause the amplifier to ground through the RCA cables to the head unit's ground. A quick run over your wiring will usually solve it. If you'd prefer, making your own RCA's is fairly easy to do, with pretty good results.
That said, wire corrosion isn't a very big concern in a vehicle, as the car itself would likely rust apart before the copper. Welding cable has a thick sleeve over it, and after clamping the end connections on, heatshrinking the open areas at each end of the wire will ensure it's completely watertight.
If you're concerned with the aesthetics of the wiring, PET sleeving is also fairly inexpensive and adds a nice finishing touch to the cable, and is also easy to find either online or locally if you live anywhere with a big box home center.
As for RCA cables, it all depends on your situation. Shielded wire is a good idea in a vehicle to keep out noise but cheap wire isn't the cause of the wine you can sometimes hear that follows engine RPM. Usually a ground problem like excessively long runs to a ground point, or simply a bad ground point, cause the amplifier to ground through the RCA cables to the head unit's ground. A quick run over your wiring will usually solve it. If you'd prefer, making your own RCA's is fairly easy to do, with pretty good results.
