battery terminal

Mike P

Mike P

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I want to buy a battery terminal that is split for the wiring of the speaker box I've had sitting idle in my trunk for the last 6 years, lol. Which one would you guys recommend? I see there are currently two wires in the terminal there now, so I am guessing a 3-way would be best.
 
SCTBIRD1173

SCTBIRD1173

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Hey Mike, the way I wired the sub on my Taurus was using the stud on the power distribution block. (the main fuse box under the hood) It's much cleaner that way and you don't have to worry about messing with terminals. I'm pretty sure this can be done as easily on the Mark as my Taurus. Let me know if you have any questions or need pics.
 
SCTBIRD1173

SCTBIRD1173

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I can get you a picture tomorrow when I get home from work, for now... Look on your power distribution box, towards the firewall side you'll see a cover that slides up once you depress the tab in the center of it. When you slide it up you'll see a stud with red cable on it that comes directly from the battery. You would take the nut off and slip your power cable onto the stud then screw the nut back down. :thumbsup:
 
Mike P

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Ok thanks
 
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SCTBIRD1173 said:
I can get you a picture tomorrow when I get home from work, for now... Look on your power distribution box, towards the firewall side you'll see a cover that slides up once you depress the tab in the center of it. When you slide it up you'll see a stud with red cable on it that comes directly from the battery. You would take the nut off and slip your power cable onto the stud then screw the nut back down. :thumbsup:
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While that would make things prettier, it's not always the best way. The wire size from battery to the distro block plays a role, as does the amount of power that would actually be feeding off of it.

If said wire is only 8awg (I can't recall atm) you can't just piggyback a 4awg wire on there for an amp and call it a day. Even if its 4awg I wouldn't feel comfortable running another 4awg power wire off of it.
 
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SCTBIRD1173

SCTBIRD1173

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Yeah understood... I don't run any crazy powerful systems so it's always worked out fine for me.

Mike if your system requires a bigger power wire than what the factory feeds to the power distribution box I would advise against doing it this way.
 
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