Knot 4 Me

For those that know off the top of your head, how many amp circuit was your boat's radio on from the factory? TIA!

hotjava66

I think mine is on a 10A breaker.

Baja 278

I have a 20 amp breaker on my head unit and separate breakers and relays for everything else.

US1 Fountain

iTrader: (1)

Have an JVC HU right in front of me. It has a 10A use on the back. Just reordered a different JVC HU, that one has a 15A fuse. No idea why the difference as they both are same specs.

Knot 4 Me

Thanks. Was going to order something and it stated the head unit had to be on a 15A circuit. Can't get to the boat until this weekend so was curious what most are set up on.

mlb75

I don't think I've ever seen a HU that would actually draw 15 amps but you should be good to go anyway since most builders use 15 or 20 amp circuits.

Knot 4 Me

The head unit is not the draw I'm concerened with. I was going to try the Alpine Power Pack which raises the RMS rating from 18W X 4 to 45W X 4. Gets pretty good reviews for the most part but requires the stereo's existing circuit to be 15A or you have to run a separate power/ground wire. If you are going to do that you might as well run a "real" amp. This plugs and plays behind the head unit with no additional wiring needed as long as the existing circuit is 15A or greater.