4 gauge ok for AQ1200D?

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

^^^^^there's your answer

 

[MmatsDude 10+ year member]

With some good 4gauge you'll be fine. If you go bigger, just get a distro block, (or fuse block) mount it next the to amp, run the 1/0 (or whatever you use) into that, and then a short piece of 4gauge to the amp

x2

dats wat i did

 

[IDSkoT 5,000+ posts]

I think it's uber dangerous to run that amp off 4-AWG. The amps it'd be pulling would be way more than the wire is rated for.

If you wanna risk it, then by all means, go ahead.

 

[n2audio 5,000+ posts]

I think it's uber dangerous to run that amp off 4-AWG. The amps it'd be pulling would be way more than the wire is rated for.
If you wanna risk it, then by all means, go ahead.

RMS current at full power (music) will be ~40A, might see minor voltage drop on peaks, but "dangerous"?? NO. Especially considering there will be a ~125A fuse at the battery.

 

[GlocksRock 10+ year member]

It will be fine to use the 4 ga. on that. I'm running a nine.1 and a nine.4 (~1500 watts rms) both off a single 4 ga. from the battery, split to 4 ga. to each amp, with a 100 amp fuse at the battery and I've had no problems so far. But I also don't crank my system to the max or listen really loud for long periods of time, and I have good quality wire. I'm sure plenty of people here would condemn that, and I know it's not the best option, but I didn't feel like ripping out what was already there, and running 0 ga.

 

[MotoRacer243 10+ year member]

I have had 4 guage running to mine for about 2 months with no problems at all, the wire barely gets warm when playing full tilt for a while.

oh and btw, nice choice on the amp, its super efficient...

 

[DBDRAGGUY 10+ year member]

4 gauge is sufficient. Personally I would run 1/0 and have the option to add more power later on.