car audio power wire

Installing Your Car Audio Power Wire

The Car Audio Power Wire is the best thing to have happened to car audio since the invention of the factory car stereo system. I can remember my first car, a ‘sticker foot’ blue model which had the most horrible sound in the world. The problem was that it just didn’t matter what kind of sound system you had – if you had lousy speakers, your car audio would be horrible too. But with the advent of OEM auto parts, all kinds of car audio systems are created equal. They all have the same connectors and so on, but the difference between them is just one cable – the Car Audio Power Wire.

This car audio power wire is a short and thin cable, just about as long as your finger and as thin as a rabbit’s fur. There are only three wires in it (two pairs of balanced lines, a center ground wire, and an optional neutral) – these wires are usually soldered directly to the amplifiers using a wire nut, making the wire very easy to install and use. You’ll notice that the wires are soldered to the speaker mounting post and the speaker output jack; this is because the wires are often soldered to a thick brass screw, which can be very difficult to remove without damaging the wires and the mounting post.

As far as installation goes, it’s very easy – you simply connect the two sets of balanced lines to the appropriate speakers, and then you simply connect the neutral wire to the ground wire. That’s about all there is to installing the car audio power wire. One caution: one thing you need to remember when using a wire gauge (i.e., solid copper) is to always use the smaller gauge wire, since this will help prevent shorts from building up between the wire and the components. It also helps prevent thermal expansion, which will make your system susceptible to sudden power surges – short circuits may form if you connect a very large wire to a very small component, for instance.