8 guage wiring kit/kx-650.4

[matew1 10+ year member]

Can I get away with using this wiring kit with a kicker kx-650.4 to a 15" MB Quart RWE-354?

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[n2audio 5,000+ posts]

what are you going to do? Bridge 2 ch's per coil?

That amp will give you 800+ at that impedance -- I'd definitely go to 4 ga.

 

[matew1 10+ year member]

This is my first installation, please bear with me. Bridge 2 channels per coil meaning I would connect the sub via neg/pos parallel to the rear and my two kick panel speakers to the front? Anyway, thank you for the recommendation.

 

[johnson 10+ year member]

By two channels per coil, he meant if you were going to use channel 1&2 for one coil, and channel 3&4 for the other coil on the subwoofer but that's not what youre doing.

You have it figured out.

 

[n2audio 5,000+ posts]

Ok, so 2 ch are already occupied?

To run your dvc 4 with the other 2 channels you're either going to have to wire the coils parallel for 2 ohms which will have the amp running at lower than specified stable impedance and could lead to overheating problems, or wire them in series for 8 ohms.

If you do the latter 8 ga would work, but 4 would still be the betterway to go.