220 Radio Installation & Upgrade (Mods)

[Big Block Power]

T1 could be tower prep wires. Yes leave the factory wire in. It's all cable tied together. You should be able to run all wires in the conduit though. But sure what panel you are taking about though. It all just takes time.

[SAB220]

Rockford Remotes, speakers, receiver, amp Installed - started raining.

[AsLan7]

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Hey thanks for the pics S220. Same remotes we have. Simple and functional. Absolutely love them.

...now clean her up when you get the chance.

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[NautiGirl]

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...now clean her up when you get the chance.

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Cut him some slack A7, Grilling can be messy.

[jhnmdahl]

This might help. Yes glad you bought the wire with it.
https://youtu.be/cWI-_6PRyFs

CCA is copper-clad aluminum, which is usually 85% or more aluminum. Aluminum is only about 60% as conductive as copper, so you generally go two wire sizes larger than copper when using aluminum (e.g., 4ga. aluminum is about 6ga. copper). Aluminum is cheaper and saves weight, but for the most part there isn't a good reason to use it if you can avoid it.

[AsLan7]

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...now clean her up when you get the chance.

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Cut him some slack A7, Grilling can be messy.

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That and birds.
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[SAB220]

Thanks for your comments. I'm not cleaning till it stereo is done. Boat is in the Maine woods BUT across the street from 20 miles of lakes (Boat is a 130 miles to the North of me.) The Grill is on the other side and the black spots is mildew (pressure wash blasting removes them). They return even if the boat is covered.

Rockford amp package kit provided plenty 1/0 gauge power cable (17' feet) but only 3 feet of ground wire, so I had to order the ground from Amazon (amp package is designed for a car). There looks like a ground bar aft of the engine but I'm told go to the battery. There also Cobalt capped wiring harness and speaker electrical cable and terminal block outboard of the port glove box.

The Rockford 6" white speakers almost fit (off by 1/8" to 1/4"). The cockpit speaker is messed up because part of the old hole is partially curved (hole part of radius). I used and paid for Rockford speaker wire only (nice stuff). The source (hide-away receiver) was easy to mount but the AMP is so heavy I'm mounting it to the deck with nylon spacers (for both cooling air and maybe moisture) - I ripped up the carpeting in that area. Also left room for the tower amp next year. Hope to hook it the system next weekend.

Q: I'm concerned about the power going to the old radio. What colors are the old radio power wires and how can I physically disconnected it from the power source? Where is the radio power connected?

[SAB220]

Received my InstallGear 1/0 Gauge black ground cable today to match the Rockford red power cable.
Also ordered the SiriusXM SXV-300 tuner to interface w/ the Rockford hide-away receiver connection point (3 months free SiriusXM)

SiriusXM customer service suggested I check-out
TSS-Radio.com for discounted SiriusXM equipment...nice place

[SAB220]

Almost Done. tower speakers and additional amp 2020

[AsLan7]

Almost Done. tower speakers and additional amp 2020

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Do we have any completion pics or YouTube demo vid of your system S220??

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[Big Block Power]

Looks awesome. Grillin and chillin

[SAB220]

I attached my parts list. it might help somebody.

Regrets: Cutting the dam speaker holes. I hacked it with a saber saw and eventually a sawsall. Any hole saw needs to fit the template exactly. The nice small body saw a got from Harbor Freight burn't up literally after 2 minutes (too hot to touch). Suggest you plan something for making larger holes to fit the speaker template. Everything worked out alright but don't like hack the boat like that