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That's pretty much exactly what I did.

I ran my ground for the second battery through the CT, it's the only way your charging system will see the load and kick up the voltage and current.

What is your definition of "draw"? You should notice current draw when your amp is running, means she's working, though 2X1446 shouldn't draw much....it takes current to make power....no current, no power.
How long is your 6 AWG run? Over distance, you'll have voltage drop, the wire will get hotter, causing resistance, limiting current to your amp, thus starving your system. If I can explain this right...the current draw at the beginning (at the battery) will not be what the amp is getting because of the above mentioned issues. You'll see, let's say 30 amps at the battery connection but only 25 at the load, 5 amps are being converted to heat instead of useful power (think I said that right) ... I'm using 4 AWG for my amp, it's between a 9-10' run....it works great for my 1X4 and of course, everything smaller.

<blockquote data-quote="144inBama" data-source="post: 755865" data-attributes="member: 58064">That&#039;s pretty much exactly what I did.I ran my ground for the second battery through the CT, it&#039;s the only way your charging system will see the load and kick up the voltage and current.What is your definition of &quot;draw&quot;? You should notice current draw when your amp is running, means she&#039;s working, though 2X1446 shouldn&#039;t draw much....it takes current to make power....no current, no power.&nbsp;How long is your 6 AWG run? Over distance, you&#039;ll have voltage drop, the wire will get hotter, causing resistance, limiting current to your amp, thus starving your system. If I can explain this right...the current draw at the beginning (at the battery) will not be what the amp is getting because of the above mentioned issues. You&#039;ll see, let&#039;s say 30 amps at the battery connection but only 25 at the load, 5 amps are being converted to heat instead of useful power (think I said that right) ... I&#039;m using 4 AWG for my amp, it&#039;s between a 9-10&#039; run....it works great for my 1X4 and of course, everything smaller.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="144inBama, post: 755865, member: 58064"] That's pretty much exactly what I did. I ran my ground for the second battery through the CT, it's the only way your charging system will see the load and kick up the voltage and current. What is your definition of "draw"? You should notice current draw when your amp is running, means she's working, though 2X1446 shouldn't draw much....it takes current to make power....no current, no power. How long is your 6 AWG run? Over distance, you'll have voltage drop, the wire will get hotter, causing resistance, limiting current to your amp, thus starving your system. If I can explain this right...the current draw at the beginning (at the battery) will not be what the amp is getting because of the above mentioned issues. You'll see, let's say 30 amps at the battery connection but only 25 at the load, 5 amps are being converted to heat instead of useful power (think I said that right) ... I'm using 4 AWG for my amp, it's between a 9-10' run....it works great for my 1X4 and of course, everything smaller. [/QUOTE]

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