2 gauge enough?

[ShRapNeR 10+ year member]

doing big 3 this afternoon... after putting it off for ever and ever..

but is 2gauge big enough or should i go w/ 1/0?

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[kickerlivinloud 10+ year member]

I would go 0 but that is me, what dose your stuff consist of????????

Jon

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

doing big 3 this afternoon... after putting it off for ever and ever..
but is 2gauge big enough or should i go w/ 1/0?

how thick is the wire going to your amps? the big 3 wire should be as thick or thicker than the wires going to your amp. i usually do it 1 guage but if you have 2 or 4 going to your amps you should be all right.

 

[packerfan 10+ year member]

Im doin mine in 0/2 soon. Why not do 0/4?

 

[ShRapNeR 10+ year member]

power wire to amps and amps ground is 4g.

only reason i ask.. is because the local shop only has 2g, and i don't really want to order any if i don't have to. but if 0g works better or is better for the situation then i will.

 

[gellis4 10+ year member]

0 has more current potential.. but i don't think it's going to matter that much..

 

[ShRapNeR 10+ year member]

ok... so how much bigger is 0g than 2g?

well im off ... let you guys know how it goes..

 

[ShRapNeR 10+ year member]

OK

since they didn't have 0g i bought 2g

i think this should be enough grounds to MAYBE keep my lights from dimming...

here's what im doing. sometime soon. (only b/c they didn't have battery post terminals)

Big3 w/ 2g wire (+ to alt, -to body, body to engine)

then a grounding system which consists of this http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/442543/16

and i already have a yellow top.

you think that should be enough elec upgrades?

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

Goto a local welding supply store. They usually have wire(or cable as they say). I'm going to one now

 

[ShRapNeR 10+ year member]

well.... my town is ths shits.. there is no welding supply store.

 

[hayden 10+ year member]

http://www.weldingsupply.com

Cheap, quality wire and connectors.

JP

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

2awg should be good up to 200 amps or so...

 

[adam71 5,000+ posts]

Im doin mine in 0/2 soon. Why not do 0/4?

What guages of wire are those? I've never heard of them. Atleast not for car audio.

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

What guages of wire are those? I've never heard of them. Atleast not for car audio.

THICK WIRE! LOTS OF COPPER!

Ott gauge goes from 1/0 upto 4/0!

Thick shit!

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

http://www.google.com for wire gauges, ampacity, circular areas...

I've got a copy of the NEC around here somewhere...