4 Gauge wiring.

[solomon 10+ year member]

One question. Me and my friend were talking to the "professional" over here at a shop and HE said that the Alphasonik amp is sh*t because it uses 4 Gauge wire even though it's 2000watts X 1 @ 2 Ohms but then we looked around and saw that the JL 1000/1 also uses 4 gauge but can use 1 gauge as does the kicker 1200.1....is their really a difference or was he bullsh*ting and jes tryin to sell his JL products.

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[flakko 5,000+ posts]

wow hes judging the amp output based on the terminal size... verry interesting.

dun listen to him. a 4 gauge wire can take a lot of power if its the correct length that is.

 

[solomon 10+ year member]

thats wut I though. Isn't 4 Gauge wiring max like 1000 watts?

 

[flakko 5,000+ posts]

thats wut I though. Isn't 4 Gauge wiring max like 1000 watts?

umm it depends on the length of the wire. I mean 1-2ft of 4 gauge can take much more than 1000 watts. Im running 700w on 2 ft of 8 gauge rite now for my viper.

 

[M@nJo 10+ year member]

the brutus hifonics bx1000d uses 4ga. but their known to be overrated, so i guess that slides.

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

i always like to use 1/0 gauge whenever possible //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[flakko 5,000+ posts]

^^^ haha 0 gauge to your comps, ULTIMATE SQ!

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

^^^ haha 0 gauge to your comps, ULTIMATE SQ!

it was a ***** fitting that wire into the crossovers. try soldering that shit to some speaker terminals. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/uhoh.gif.c07307dd22ee7e63e22fc8e9c614d1fd.gif

 

[M@nJo 10+ year member]

the only time i ever seen 0/1 ga hooked to any speaker was on mtv's pimp my ride with the 22" MTX jackhammer

 

[chinny 5,000+ posts]

man.. the guy at my shop told my gf when i sent her to buy me my 0g wire that 0g was only for 8,000w and up, then she called me and i told her to leave...