4 ga terminals help?

[ChucklezZ 10+ year member]

so the sundown zv3's have enlarged terminals, does that mean I should replace all the 16ga wire in my box and the wire from the box to the amp with 4 ga also? Is the 4 ga just for the extra rms of the bigger sub?

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[ahardy17 10+ year member]

sheesh idk if you really need 4 gauge for speaker wire. how many watts ya running?

 

[ahardy17 10+ year member]

sheesh idk if you really need 4 gauge for speaker wire. how many watts ya running?

 

[ChucklezZ 10+ year member]

just 1500 watts. Someone said I need to replace with 4 ga. but what's the difference?

 

[jasonbillnelson 10+ year member]

You don't need to replace it with 4ga. You can....but don't need to. I run 8ga to my 15" Threatcon 2 but thats just because I had it available to me. I'm only running 1k. The larger wire can carry more current/volts/watts to the subwoofer. If i was running 1500 watts I wouldn't use anything smaller than 12 ga and that would be in a pinch. I'm running 1k watts and 8ga speaker wire but I have 8ga readily available so i figured why not. So if you do change the wire out...go to at a minimum 12ga. If you have it available 8ga will be plenty.

 

[pro-rabbit 5,000+ posts]

To prove a point at a local show, we took out all the 10 gauge speaker wire from the blazer and replaced it with 16 gauge from walmart.

Differences found:

SPL - Down .1db

To the ear - none

Heat build up - none (while demoing even)

 

[jrdnhsnbrg 10+ year member]

To prove a point at a local show, we took out all the 10 gauge speaker wire from the blazer and replaced it with 16 gauge from walmart.
Differences found:

SPL - Down .1db

To the ear - none

Heat build up - none (while demoing even)

Really... Interesting.