YACT. Can I tap into the terminals on my speaker AMP to power my Satellite Tuner?

[tnitsuj]

I want to power my satellite tuner by tapping the terminals on my AMP. Good or bad idea?

 

[her209]

Bad idea

 

[tnitsuj]

Originally posted by: her209
Bad idea

Why exactly? The tuner draws very little power and I have 4 AWG wire running to the AMP.

 

[NogginBoink]

You mean by tapping into the power inputs to the amp?

Not a problem. You'd have a single power line feeding both your amp and your satellite tuner.

However, if you turn up the volume to extreme levels, the amp may draw enough juice that the tuner becomes starved for power. I guess it all depends on how you use that amp.

Wait... kinda a bad idea... the power line to the amp is going to have some huge monster fuse because the amp draws lots of current. A short in the satellite tuner probably wouldn't draw enough current to trip that fuse, so you'd have tuner meltdown and possibly a fire. So be sure to put an appropriately sized fuse on the power feed to the tuner.

 

[tnitsuj]

Originally posted by: NogginBoink
You mean by tapping into the power inputs to the amp?

Not a problem. You'd have a single power line feeding both your amp and your satellite tuner.

However, if you turn up the volume to extreme levels, the amp may draw enough juice that the tuner becomes starved for power. I guess it all depends on how you use that amp.

Wait... kinda a bad idea... the power line to the amp is going to have some huge monster fuse because the amp draws lots of current. A short in the satellite tuner probably wouldn't draw enough current to trip that fuse, so you'd have tuner meltdown and possibly a fire. So be sure to put an appropriately sized fuse on the power feed to the tuner.

I am just going to use spade connectors to tap into the screw terminals on the amp. Same ones the big 4 gauge power and ground wires are coming into. The wires to the Tuner will be fused of course.

I don't want to have to run more power wires, or put in a distribution block, which is why I am doing this = sheer laziness.