'17 Craz Audio Questions.

[trayson]

Alright guys just an update with more questions.

Got the REV10s on order last night(X-Mount with the adapters.)
SNY-4 at the house.

Will probably do the Sub and WS420 at the end of the season.

1) Do you guys think I absolutely need a second battery now. Ordered the boat with one battery to save on the price as I can always add one later. I know once I get the sub in a battery will be going with it but do I need one now. Will currently have 6 inboats with factory amp the SNY-4 and the REV10s.

2) Best speaker wire for the REVs 12 or 14 gauge tinned? Any links with a good price?

3) Best amp wiring? Guessing 4 gauge and what size fuse will it need.

Any other no brainers I will need to get this all up and running?
Automatic Charging Relay? Boat will be hooked up to a trickle charger every night.

Power distribution blocks?

Good RCAs?

Thanks in advance as this has become and all new learning experience.

as far as RCA's and stuff, me and others have had good luck with these:
http://www.knukonceptz.com/

As far as the wiring for your amps, there's two predominate styles out here CCA (copper clad aluminum) and OFC (Oxygen Free Copper). CCA is going to be WAY cheaper and is what's used most the time in Car installations. OFC is the BETTER stuff and is what everyone around here recommends, especially for a marine environment. It's going to resist corrosion a lot better and because it's real copper (and not just the coated aluminum) it conducts the current better with less resistance. You'll get more power from your batteries to your amps and in turn your amps will make more power and do it more efficiently. OFC is a chunk more money, but if you're keeping your boat for any length of time and are at all concerned with "do it right and do it once", then OFC is the way to go.

CCA is cheaper, but in the end could cost you efficiency/performance and also durability. If you get the good OFC, you can worry less about having to upsize the wire gauge of your connections.


The 2nd battery will honestly depend on your usage. I mean, are you going to be playing your stereo for long periods of time with the engine off? Are you going to be cranking it full tilt that often where you'd drain it even while running? I'm guessing probably not. Honestly your biggest risk would be too long with the engine off and not be3ing able to start your boat. So defer the 2nd battery if you want and if you're worried about getting stranded get one of those portable jump start packs.

If you're putting it on a float charger nightly (most these days are float chargers, not trickle chargers as trickle doesn't stop charging once it's topped off), then you're probably fine. that's what I do. If you really drain it low, recharge it with a good higher output battery charger, because the little float chargers aren't meant to recharge from a big drain.

I think you made the right choice with a single pair of rev10's. you can always fade them down and don't HAVE to use them to their full potential, but they'll be there when you want them. Personally, I love to have music cranked, even for surfing. You'll want that WS420sq though, because they are so powerful that it's pretty rad to be able to easily fade them relative to the inboats. It'll sound kinda odd w/o a sub, but it's cool to take things in phases and to focus on each zone and do it RIGHT so you don't have to change things out later.