yet again another question

[firebirdman225]

what gauge wire can i use to connect my amp to my sub, does it matter? I got the 4 gauge for power and ground, does that determine maybe a certain gauge for the sub?? i dunno??

[Harbin1]

To answer all of you questions to the best of my limited knowledge:

I ran a 4 ga. wire from the distribution block (the red auxiliary one by the battery) to my amps' distributor block. The distributor block for my amp that splits the 4 ga into two 8 ga wires for each amp. One is a 75x2 and the other is a 50x4 and I haven't had any power supply troubles.

I ran 12 ga wires from my bridged 2 channel amp to my 12 in sub. It sounds and performs to my expectations.

Hope this helps.

[firebirdman225]

cool thanks

[96firebird311]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Harbin1:

I ran 12 ga wires from my bridged 2 channel amp to my 12 in sub. It sounds and performs to my expectations.<hr></blockquote>Just FYI. 12AWG speaker wire is WAYYYYYYYY overkill for your needs. You could EASILY get away with 16AWG. You could probably run 2,500Watts on 12AWG!!!! I'm not kidding.

[Harbin1]

It's what I had laying around. Now that I think about it, I probably ran something more like 14 or so. They weren't as big as a 12 ga. I only needed a couple of feet anyway. [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]

[RSFireDog]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by 96firebird311:
Just FYI. 12AWG speaker wire is WAYYYYYYYY overkill for your needs. You could EASILY get away with 16AWG. You could probably run 2,500Watts on 12AWG!!!! I'm not kidding.<hr></blockquote>

um...yeah 12 gauge sucks, and 16 is even worse. I wouldnt use either unless...well i just wouldnt... Generally speaking I use 10awg for component speakers and usually anywhere from 0-4wag to the amps, depending on how power I am running. I have a chart somewhere that has all the formulas for amperage through the gauge of wire. When I go to work tomorrow I'll post it.

[96firebird311]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by RSFireDog:
um...yeah 12 gauge sucks, and 16 is even worse. I wouldnt use either unless...well i just wouldnt... Generally speaking I use 10awg for component speakers and usually anywhere from 0-4wag to the amps, depending on how power I am running. I have a chart somewhere that has all the formulas for amperage through the gauge of wire. When I go to work tomorrow I'll post it.<hr></blockquote>

We are talking speaker wire here. You know that right? You saying you use 10AWG for speaker wire? You could probably run damn near 5k watts through that!