Audio Systems: remote power wiring, blade style, power amp

Question
thank you for your help (and patience)with this tom...

if i didn't have the remote wire from the radio (which i do) i don't understand why the direct connection of the unit to the battery wouldn't drain the it...   if it doesn't then why would i need to use the remote wire at all?  i don't get what the advantage is...

you said to have the fuse close to the battery, but the unit has a blade style fuse built into the chassis of the amp itself...  i assume that will suffice...

thanks again and have a great holiday!

mike

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Followup To
Question -
i recently bought a nice little power amp for my car and one of the wiring options is to hook up the remote wire that comes from the radio..  but do i need to have the ground wire, the remote wire AND the positive wire hooked up, or can i just hook up the ground and remote wires?  the manual shows all 3 hooked up but isn't specific that that's the way it HAS to be...

thanks!
Answer -
Mike,
if you mount the amp in the trunk area of your vehicle or behind a seat if in a pickup, make sure to use a very short large as possible ground wire and connect it to the chassis of the vehicle. The red 12 volt supply wire should be as large as possible that will fit into the power connector/jack on the amp and go directly to the battery with the rated or required fuse close to the battery. The remote on/control wire simply goes to the remote power on wire from the stereo.

TOM,
T&D ELECTRONICS
tdeser@zoominternet.net

Answer
Mike,
First off, the large power wire from the amp to the battery is needed to power the amp. The remote on/control wire is used to turn the amp ON when it goes to 12 volts when the stereo is turned on! the large amperage fuse slightly higher in amperage than the fuses built into the amp is used to PROTECT your vehicle from going up in flames. If the large 12 volt supply wire for some unknown reason would short out to the chassis of the vehicle you would want the fuse near the battery to blow so the wire won't catch on fire. Lastly, the fuses in the amp are used to protect the amp from going up in flames also if something inside would short out. Please let me know if this helps.

TOM,
T&D ELECTRONICS
tdeser@zoominternet.net