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James8831
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James8831
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04/05/2002 5:32 pm
I am no electronics expert.. I advise an auto electrician first and foremost.

Having said that I guess that if you can work out the amperage drawn from the section in question by using ohm's law.

Which is V[E]=IXR.

V= Voltage
I= Amperage (current)
R= Resistance.

Here is an example with a 12 volt system and 4ohm speakers
you would be drawing 3 amps (3X4=12), BUT!! there are many reasons that this might not apply to your Truck , your amplifier may have a transformer which draws a higher voltage, your speakers may be (commonly) 4 or 8 ohm AND could be wired series OR parrelel (spl) -which means a different resistance again!! etc,etc,etc.

I have had no problem using these calculations on low amperage active speaker systems (DC) at home, but having had a Yamaha 250 burn it's wiring out underneath me (waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back) I know auto electrics can be extremely...worrying.

Maybe if you talk to your local garage nicely they'll advise you for free.



Accuracy,you say? hmm interesting concept..