8 gauge... for power wire?

[Heeltoeclutch 10+ year member]

Thought I might as well start a thread and ask. If I'm going to be only running 2-300 watts and NOTHING more, can I get away using 8 gauge as power wire? It will be a run to the trunk of a Cobalt.

Thanks. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

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[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

8 gauge is just fine for 300w

 

[Mookie 10+ year member]

What are you going to run?

 

[Heeltoeclutch 10+ year member]

A lanzar max10 in a ported box off of one channel of an Elemental Designs NINE.2x (don't have anything smaller/more suitable) which is rated at 200W per channel at 4 ohms. Bridged it's been clamped upwards of 800W @ 4 ohms, sooo each channel should be doing a bit more than 200 //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[d2k 10+ year member]

im running a Lanzar MAX 10 off of 300wrms @ 4ohm on 8ga cable with 60A fuse........ no trouble at all

 

[Heeltoeclutch 10+ year member]

Ha thanks for the help guys - our setup is going to be almost identical - or my gf's setup rather //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif I'm excited to see what this thing can do. I'm going to design its box today - you said you have it in 0.9 ported?

 

[d2k 10+ year member]

that's correct........ but, mine wasn't designed for this sub, im sure a custom box will help this cheap little monster shine!!

 

[Heeltoeclutch 10+ year member]

Hehe I hope so. I'm interested to see whose car is louder - DCON vs. Lanzar MAX10... I can give mine a lot more power but I'll be gentle with the gain - I just think it'd be funny if hers were louder. She went to cali this weekend to visit her mom and now her mom too is obsessed with dubstep //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif