4gauge already ran, upgrade to 0gauge?

[aggybong 10+ year member]

Going from a single (now broken) Soundstream 800.5 to a JBL 600.1 and another amp (probably 2x100w or around there) for about 900w max and I'm wondering if it's worth upgrading to 0gauge wiring, which will cost about $75 total (wire\new fuse holder). I'd rather not, seeing how I'm poor as it is, and I do NOT plan on upgrading to anything larger.

Either way I'm going to need a distribution block, and if I go 4gauge, do they make 4gauge to 2x 4 gauge? I know Knu only sells 0gauge to 2x 4 gauge.

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[Stillmatic22 10+ year member]

what happened to your 800.5?

 

[cjjackson85 5,000+ posts]

1/0 owns. May as well do it now, you'll regret later if you upgrade...

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

kid, you dont need to spend as much as you think you do.

contact MONTECARLO_97 through these forums, his name is dave, tell him i sent ya and you are looking for some 0awg, some crimps and your fuse accessories. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[cjjackson85 5,000+ posts]

Musta gotten quoted on the "premium" wire... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/up2something.gif.dd110ecf3ae4b76050d87598f2f8de7c.gif

 

[aggybong 10+ year member]

what happened to your 800.5?

I don't really know. Shut off one day, little burnt smell...and that was that //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[aggybong 10+ year member]

1/0 owns. May as well do it now, you'll regret later if you upgrade...

I don't want to go bigger, I just want a working system. The 800.5 was great until it broke, so I'm just replacing the stuff.

 

[jsloan10 10+ year member]

If you stay under 1000watts RMS the 4gauge will be fine, use a 4g in 8g out distro block to connect the seperate amps, The 8gauge wire will work fine in short runs.

Do not expect to hook up a 1200 watt class D and a big 4channel without upgrades though.

 

[aggybong 10+ year member]

Nah, never. If I ever went that high I would have a lot bigger problems than trying to re-run some wires //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[flakko 5,000+ posts]

i regret using 4 gauge, way back when im itchin to put on 1/0

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

0 guage or bust

 

[aggybong 10+ year member]

I'm not talking about the future here, guys, just what I have now. I don't want to start fires or anything

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

4 guage is fine