4 gauge?

[xxxbasshead 10+ year member]

wtf is up with all the local shops tellihg me 4 gauge wire is enough for any job? if 4 gauge aint enough u dont need to install it? any truth or shops taking advantage of ppl who dont know better?

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[ginxdor 10+ year member]

The gauge you use depends on the current draw of your set. I don't support their statement of it being suitable for any set; I think 125 amps is the limit for 4awg wire.

 

[I Like Waffle]

I havent seen any 4g that is fused for more than 100 amps iirc.

 

[BobbyDD 10+ year member]

I'm surprised they'd pass up the chance to sell some 0 gauge at outrageous prices.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

 

[WOT]

I havent seen any 4g that is fused for more than 100 amps iirc.

Depends on length

But yes, they lied to you

 

[1hawaii50 10+ year member]

Depends on length
But yes, they lied to you

+1, also the 4g my local shop sells is more like Knu 8g.

 

[misfit138 5,000+ posts]

One of the guys from my local shop thinks 10 gauge speaker wire is sufficient in most installs.

How do guys like that get work?

 

[-Leister- 10+ year member]

Local shops are jokes around here and sound the same around you guys.

 

[1hawaii50 10+ year member]

One of the guys from my local shop thinks 10 gauge speaker wire is sufficient in most installs.
How do guys like that get work?

10g SPEAKER wire is overkill in most installs. 10g speaker wire is huge. Unless you're running insane power, or really longs wire runs 12-14g is usually more than enough.

 

[ginxdor 10+ year member]

10g SPEAKER wire is overkill in most installs. 10g speaker wire is huge. Unless you're running insane power, or really longs wire runs 12-14g is usually more than enough.

What!? Are we talking about power or speaker wire?

 

[terra 5,000+ posts]

What!? Are we talking about power or speaker wire?

He clearly said speaker wire..

 

[misfit138 5,000+ posts]

10g SPEAKER wire is overkill in most installs. 10g speaker wire is huge. Unless you're running insane power, or really longs wire runs 12-14g is usually more than enough.

I was referring to 10 gauge wire for power and grounds, fyi...

 

[ginxdor 10+ year member]

Wow! Sorry really sleepy. Wasn't this post about power wire? lol

 

[ginxdor 10+ year member]

Ok, so 10 awg wire is considered "huge"? I'm not trying to show anyone up but 10 awg isn't really huge. I just want to be sure we talking about the same thing here.

 

[xxxbasshead 10+ year member]

lol this did start about power wire lol