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<blockquote data-quote="RLJ676" data-source="post: 6813084" data-attributes="member: 621301">Are we sure we aren&#039;t buying into marketing hype with these wires?Here&#039;s a link I found on CAF to necessary wire sizes.&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://www.rbeelectronics.com/wtable.htm" target="_blank">Wire Gauge Tables</a>I have 4 gauge running to my AP 15001D at 2 ohms, so 950 watts.&nbsp; The biggest that amp takes is 4 gauge even at the full power at 1 ohm.&nbsp; According to that chart a 10 ft run at 100 amps (that&#039;s the fusing) could be done by 10 gauge.&nbsp; I wouldn&#039;t go that low, but 4 is overkill I&#039;m sure.I&#039;m in the same boat as OP, and want to add 400 watts, and am considering distributing off the 4 gauge I&#039;ve got with short 8 gauge runs to the amps.Also, I recall back in the 90&#039;s when running amps, you really never needed 0 gauge, and that was with huge innefficient AB amps.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RLJ676, post: 6813084, member: 621301"] Are we sure we aren't buying into marketing hype with these wires? Here's a link I found on CAF to necessary wire sizes. [URL="http://www.rbeelectronics.com/wtable.htm"]Wire Gauge Tables[/URL] I have 4 gauge running to my AP 15001D at 2 ohms, so 950 watts. The biggest that amp takes is 4 gauge even at the full power at 1 ohm. According to that chart a 10 ft run at 100 amps (that's the fusing) could be done by 10 gauge. I wouldn't go that low, but 4 is overkill I'm sure. I'm in the same boat as OP, and want to add 400 watts, and am considering distributing off the 4 gauge I've got with short 8 gauge runs to the amps. Also, I recall back in the 90's when running amps, you really never needed 0 gauge, and that was with huge innefficient AB amps. [/QUOTE]

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