I pulled out my sub and amp a few months ago since my car's been in and out of the shop. After I invest in a good alarm, I want to put a Mac mini in my car do all that fabrication stuff myself. Looks like fun. Anyway, I want to put my sub back in and it'll be a while before I get the rest of the components put in, but I want to go ahead and run the correct power wires.
I have an Alpine MRD-M301 for my sub and will be getting some sort of 4-channel amp later for my speakers (Alpine MRV-F345 maybe?) at around 75w RMS x4 (wallet willing). I'll also need to power the Mac mini via CarNetix CNX-P1900 which can handle 140w, but I doubt it'll get that high because it's also designed for Pentium 4s, which the mini is much cooler than. Lastely, the monitor, but that's only around 9w, so I'll just splice into the cigarette lighter wire.
Whew, okay, so should I get a 4-gauge kit (like this?) If so, how would I get power to the computer? Looking at mp3car.com, I saw an install where someone put an 8-gauge wire straight from the battery to the computer power supply, but 8-gauge seems pretty big for 140w (realistically, 60-80w).
Lots of planning to do... thanks for the help!
I have an Alpine MRD-M301 for my sub and will be getting some sort of 4-channel amp later for my speakers (Alpine MRV-F345 maybe?) at around 75w RMS x4 (wallet willing). I'll also need to power the Mac mini via CarNetix CNX-P1900 which can handle 140w, but I doubt it'll get that high because it's also designed for Pentium 4s, which the mini is much cooler than. Lastely, the monitor, but that's only around 9w, so I'll just splice into the cigarette lighter wire.
Whew, okay, so should I get a 4-gauge kit (like this?) If so, how would I get power to the computer? Looking at mp3car.com, I saw an install where someone put an 8-gauge wire straight from the battery to the computer power supply, but 8-gauge seems pretty big for 140w (realistically, 60-80w).
Lots of planning to do... thanks for the help!