Going from a lot of suggestions, I ordered a 4 gauge wiring kit to wire my amp. Man, that wire is thick! I couldn't find a spot in the firewall to run it from the battery to the amp. Couldn't I use 8 gauge to make it a bit easier to run?
this is why they make drill bits and rubber wire grommets....run the big wire.Going from a lot of suggestions, I ordered a 4 gauge wiring kit to wire my amp. Man, that wire is thick! I couldn't find a spot in the firewall to run it from the battery to the amp. Couldn't I use 8 gauge to make it a bit easier to run?
Errrrrrrrrrrr wrong 12g is good for 20 amps 8 for 50 don't tell him this or you'll have his burned down car on yourun the 4 ga, technicly good 12 ga wire is rated between 35 and 50 amps constant current AC voltage(typicly ~40 amps is average). but bigger is almost always better. just go the 4ga run once and you will be set for ~130 amps constant(that works out to 1690W @ 13V) i went the "smaller wire first" route when i wired my first car. i ran 8ga and then 2 months later when i wanted to upgrade my sub amp and add a 4 channel amp for my comps i had to rip out the 8 ga and run some real wire. i wish i had just done it right the first time.
Matt
American Wire Gauge table and AWG Electrical Current Load Limits with skin depth frequencies and wire strength -_- actually you are wrong. the ONLY reason his car could burn down is if he was pulling more current than its rated for. and most wire is rated for AC current, not DC. and since AC current runs a bit hotter and causes more wear and tear(generalized term) a 20amp AC wire can safely flow ~30% more DC current. and i told him to just run the 4ga, so its not on me.Errrrrrrrrrrr wrong 12g is good for 20 amps 8 for 50 don't tell him this or you'll have his burned down car on you
Yeah, this is really the way do it. You will probably upgrade and/or get another amp at some point, and you will already have half the job done. That's exactly what happened for me. Was really happy I only had to do it once. Just put a nice grommet in the firewall and you'll be all set.Thanks guys! I guess I'm gonna just try running the 4 gauge.
Well you run 50 amps on a 12g tell me how it works for youAmerican Wire Gauge table and AWG Electrical Current Load Limits with skin depth frequencies and wire strength -_- actually you are wrong. the ONLY reason his car could burn down is if he was pulling more current than its rated for. and most wire is rated for AC current, not DC. and since AC current runs a bit hotter and causes more wear and tear(generalized term) a 20amp AC wire can safely flow ~30% more DC current. and i told him to just run the 4ga, so its not on me.
but since im not spechial, you can win this race bro. im not an olympian.
Matt