a lil advice please

[KARLEON 10+ year member]

Ok, when i first got into car audio, i started off with 3 Rockford Punch HX2 12s and u talking about bass. Well im about to upgrade and i sold everything. Only thing i have now is 1 punch hx2 12 and an ample 500W amp. I figured that could give me a lil bass until i find out what i want next. Anywayz, which type of wire would be best for that amp. 4Gauge or 8gauge. I could go to wal mart or something, and find some 8gauge and since that amp isnt something like a 1000W amp, i didnt know if the 4 gauge was necessary or not. But yall let me know what you think on which type of wire i should run on a 500W amp.

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[Moocow16 10+ year member]

i've got a 425W amp and i'm using 8 gauge wire. i'm really not sure though what guage wire should be used. you can't go wrong going bigger though right

 

[lebaron87 10+ year member]

i have 8 gauge wire running to my 760 watt amp and it is fine. i would get the lowest gauge you can find. it would be much better.also don't buy wires from walmart they are cheap as hell. go to circuit city or best buy or your local car audio shop

 

[80_Cutlass_mn 10+ year member]

Originally posted by lebaron87 i have 8 gauge wire running to my 760 watt amp and it is fine. i would get the lowest gauge you can find. it would be much better.also don't buy wires from walmart they are cheap as hell. go to circuit city or best buy or your local car audio shop

Hey i went to wal-mart to get my wiring kit and it does fine. , besides the cheapest one that best-buy had was $96.00 //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif .

I thought that was a little outrageous so I said fuk them and went to walmart and paid $20.00 for a 8 guage wiring kit.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[ftgu 10+ year member]

Go with 4 or 2 awg. this way you'll never have to upgrage your power wire again, and you can upgrade like crazy.