8 ga speaker wires, how to do terminal

[budget76 10+ year member]

well, buliding a new box, and decided i'm gonna use some of my spare crap Raptor 8ga as the speaker wire for my L7. I have the terminal I want to use, but it uses the spade terminals(i know that's wrong, they go over the spade part) inside the box, and there ain't no way 8ga will fit into those connectors tightly. You know the ones i'm talking about, the ones with the blue plastic on them where you'd crimp down.

So, what's everyone done? I found a burnt section of wire when I used 12ga, so I want to step it up. I thought soldering, but my soldering gun brings teh ****. I didn't drill the hole for the terminal yet, will be tomorrow. Should I just drill two small holes where the 8ga will fit through real snug, so no air can come out of there. It's for a ported box FYI. Don't have time to search right now, and need to know by the morning. Will search later, but I know this is when a lot of people surf on here

thanks

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[adas Pro Seller]

2 holes with silicone works great...that's what I did with my old box, new one I just run the 8ga right out the side port lol.

Terminal cups just don't work for anything larger then 12ga, even that i always feel like it's putting in a lot of resistance.

 

[Twistid 5,000+ posts]

everyone knows running speaker wire through the port adds atleast .3 db

 

[budget76 10+ year member]

2 holes with silicone works great...that's what I did with my old box, new one I just run the 8ga right out the side port lol.
Terminal cups just don't work for anything larger then 12ga, even that i always feel like it's putting in a lot of resistance.

thanks, wanted to hear someone did it before I did. Pics to come of the new box witin the next week.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/suave.gif.858fc102f7646e678ee8af7e1fbc41d1.gif

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

If you could solder... you can solder the wires to the terminals on the inside of the box...

nG

 

[kross 10+ year member]

You could use these binding posts:

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=091-1245

And replace the solder ring terminal with a crimp-on ring terminal:

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=095-661

On the outside of the box, the terminals accept bare wire or banana plugs.

 

[young_gun 10+ year member]

^^^Or you can use regular bolts from the parts house,LOL

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

I use 5/16" all thread with nuts/bolts/flat washers, works like a champ...

 

[Fear Of Theive 10+ year member]

yea just glue it.