600 watt rms amp power wire size?

[ejfromwestbay]

anyone know what size a power wire should be for a 600 watt rms amplifier is?

6 awg ok?

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[jbizzle 5,000+ posts]

Should be fine..

 

[smoka 10+ year member]

4ga would be better

 

[WildSebring 10+ year member]

Just run 0 gauge now. That way if you decide you want more power a bigger wire will be needed. And already having 1/0 installed will eliminate the need to take out wire, replace wire and all that crapola.. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[ejfromwestbay]

thanx for all the feedback

 

[1hawaii50 10+ year member]

It depends on the lenght of the "run". I wouldn't go any smaller than 4 gauge. Your best option, as stated above, is to run 1/0 and use a distro block. This way you would be "future-proof"!

 

[91Chevy 10+ year member]

It's a complete waste of money buying that much 0 Gauge. 4 Gauge is overkill, and will be more than adequate.

 

[skmfkr 5,000+ posts]

i would just do 4awg. btw i got 4awg power wire with fuse and holder and ground pm me if your interested

 

[1hawaii50 10+ year member]

It's a complete waste of money buying that much 0 Gauge. 4 Gauge is overkill, and will be more than adequate.

Only if you never plan on adding anything else. If you plan on adding any other components, run the 1/0 now...you'll be thankful later.

 

[91Chevy 10+ year member]

Only if you never plan on adding anything else. If you plan on adding any other components, run the 1/0 now...you'll be thankful later.

Even if he's running components, those will draw no more than 300W, which is about 25A; that on top of the 50A that the subs will be drawing is nowhere NEAR the 125A limit of the wire.

 

[skmfkr 5,000+ posts]

is not that bad to run more wire. i had a 1200d and 4awg, then i did two runs of 1/0 since i added my d3400 in the back and a 2200d. and had to cut a bigger hole in the fire wall

 

[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

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[1hawaii50 10+ year member]

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[1hawaii50 10+ year member]

Even if he's running components, those will draw no more than 300W, which is about 25A; that on top of the 50A that the subs will be drawing is nowhere NEAR the 125A limit of the wire.

I believe I mentioned "future-proofing" in my first post. If he ever wanted to add any more amps, I don't think he would want to power everything off of a 4 gauge wire. That's where it would be nice to have the 1/0. I never implied that he needed the 1/0 for his current setup.