fastphil

Hi, this is my first post here, I'm not too knowledgeable about car audio but I'm pretty good with mechanical stuff.

I'm a truck driver, and I was looking at how I could wire up a small Bazooka tube so that it would be easily removeable. The truck I drive is a company-owned unit, which they can switch me out of at any time (although I don't foresee this happening anytime soon). The instructions of the tube that I looked at call for a 12 gauge wire connected directly to the battery positive terminal. If I did that, I would have a hard time uninstalling if I ever had to. However, I do have a 1200 Watt inverter installed inside the cab of the truck (which is mine and would be removed if I ever switched trucks) that is itself wired directly to the battery with something like 0 gauge battery wire, with a total wire lengh of maybe 18 inches.

So here's my question. Can I wire the Bazooka to the terminals of the inverter without any negative consequences? Will the inverter create noise in the bazooka? Will the bazooka cause problems with the inverter?

I'm not sure of the exact model, but the Bazooka that caught my eye was the 200-watt 6-incher. I think it would fit nicely behind my driver seat. I'm not looking to blow the windows out, just want to feel the bass. Sound quality isn't of huge importance to me, as long as it doesn't sound like shiet.

Any input would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Phil

EDIT: The inverter draws very little current (my laptop runs off it) while I'm driving, and I won't be using the stereo when I'm not driving, so the power draw shouldn't bee too huge at any time.

jalat

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you need DC power to run car audio. that inverter converts it to AC i believe. go to knukonceptz.com and pick up a cheap $30 8 gauge amp kit. it wont cost much and its all you need

maltesechicken

Jalat, I don't think that's what he was saying . . .

If I understand him correctly, Yes he can do that.

From your post it sounds like you are planning on connecting it to the DC input terminals on the power inverter correct? Essentially, you will be using the inverter terminal as a distribution block.

It's ghetto, but it will work.

There is potential of noise doing it this way, but only a trial will tell.
I've done lots of things that SHOULD get noise in the system but didn't. And things that shouldn't have brought noise into the system that did . . . the electrical world of inducted noise can be a nightmare.

maltesechicken

Oh, one other quick question - is the 0 awg fused?

fastphil

Yes, that's exactly what I had in mind. I'm trying to figure this out before I buy any Bazooka, because if someone can tell me it doesn't work, I won't bother.

There is no fuse on the 0 awg wire, but it is run through a solenoid that isolates the one battery from the other three (one for accessory use when the truck is shut off, the other three for starting the engine). Is this a problem?

I don't know if this info may be relevant, but I run my 800 watt microwave off the inverter (only with the engine running) so I know the power wires are good enough for the job. Maybe there is no fuse because of the fact the wires are meant for an inverter?

alphadawg

It's a short run that's fairly well protected that's why they didn't bother fusing it. Anyway, it definitely can be done, but you should fuse the 12 awg wire to the bazooka as close to the terminals as possible(will protect the wire from burning and causing a fire if it shorted...wouldn't want all that current from the 0awg trying to pass thru that little 12 awg). Just think of the power wires leading to the inverter as extentions of the battery terminals, and hook up as you would to the battery.

fastphil

Sweet, that's what I was hoping to hear. There should be no problem putting a fuse on the 12 awg wire.

Thank you all for your help!