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Is there any need to disconnect the battery?
I am about to install my amp and I have read that I should disconnect the
battery before I attempt to install it. However, is it not just the same thing if I don't put the fuse in till the last minute? What is the difference. The amp will still not be turned on. Thanks |
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Is there any need to disconnect the battery?
You are absolutely right. However won't you be running a live wire
from your battery? AND a ground wire to complete the loop? Could be sparks right? Sparks are the last thing I want when I'm upside down, on my back, whatever installing my gear! Disconnecting the battery is simple enough, just do it man! |
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Is there any need to disconnect the battery?
Yeah, the concern is accidentally shorting and damaging equipment or
causing bodily harm. If you've got a fuse up front on the amps power cable already (which you should) then just leaving it out and making sure there's no way to short the open ends of the wires is fine. You'll have to get to that point at some stage anyway. Its easier and less dangerous to put the fuse in when the power and ground wires are already hooked up to the amp, than trying to screw down live wires to the amp or battery. Brandonb Stevie R wrote: I am about to install my amp and I have read that I should disconnect the battery before I attempt to install it. However, is it not just the same thing if I don't put the fuse in till the last minute? What is the difference. The amp will still not be turned on. Thanks |
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Is there any need to disconnect the battery?
If you're really lucky, you might deploy the supplemental restraint
sytem and be out many hundreds of dollars. On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 11:19:20 -0500, Brandon Buckner wrote: Yeah, the concern is accidentally shorting and damaging equipment or causing bodily harm. If you've got a fuse up front on the amps power cable already (which you should) then just leaving it out and making sure there's no way to short the open ends of the wires is fine. You'll have to get to that point at some stage anyway. Its easier and less dangerous to put the fuse in when the power and ground wires are already hooked up to the amp, than trying to screw down live wires to the amp or battery. Brandonb Stevie R wrote: I am about to install my amp and I have read that I should disconnect the battery before I attempt to install it. However, is it not just the same thing if I don't put the fuse in till the last minute? What is the difference. The amp will still not be turned on. Thanks |
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Is there any need to disconnect the battery?
Also in some cars the air bag has been know to go off while installing the
stereo... Later, Ryan (www.dieselbreath.com) "Stevie R" wrote in message ... I am about to install my amp and I have read that I should disconnect the battery before I attempt to install it. However, is it not just the same thing if I don't put the fuse in till the last minute? What is the difference. The amp will still not be turned on. Thanks |
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Is there any need to disconnect the battery?
disconnect the battery.
install amp, check connections. reconnect battery, install fuse. turn on the car and jam. FHLH.... always disconnect that battery. "Stevie R" wrote in message ... I am about to install my amp and I have read that I should disconnect the battery before I attempt to install it. However, is it not just the same thing if I don't put the fuse in till the last minute? What is the difference. The amp will still not be turned on. Thanks |
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Is there any need to disconnect the battery?
Not to mention breaking your neck, if your face happens to be near the
dash when the airbag goes off. David wrote: If you're really lucky, you might deploy the supplemental restraint sytem and be out many hundreds of dollars. On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 11:19:20 -0500, Brandon Buckner wrote: Yeah, the concern is accidentally shorting and damaging equipment or causing bodily harm. If you've got a fuse up front on the amps power cable already (which you should) then just leaving it out and making sure there's no way to short the open ends of the wires is fine. You'll have to get to that point at some stage anyway. Its easier and less dangerous to put the fuse in when the power and ground wires are already hooked up to the amp, than trying to screw down live wires to the amp or battery. Brandonb Stevie R wrote: I am about to install my amp and I have read that I should disconnect the battery before I attempt to install it. However, is it not just the same thing if I don't put the fuse in till the last minute? What is the difference. The amp will still not be turned on. Thanks |
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