amp installation

[KBCnick 10+ year member]

so im going to put in a kenwood 100watt amp in my 99 ford taurus to power a sub. im going to use a LOC. what gauge wiring should i use for power/ground?

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[TMali 10+ year member]

well, its just some baby power your running there.

i would recomend 4 gauge but 8 gauge will work just fine

 

[AQHDC3 10+ year member]

Just run 4 gauge incase you upgrade later.

 

[KBCnick 10+ year member]

haha my bad i meant 1000watt

 

[byrdman75 10+ year member]

either 4 or 0 gauge, i have 4 gauge with my 1000 watt but it pulls alot. 4 would cover it, but 0 gauge its better option. get some http://www.knukonceptz.com/productMaster.cfm?category=KLMX%20Kable real cheap for product.

 

[cebbeler7 10+ year member]

0 gauge is ridiculous ha. If you have legit 4 gauges you should be fine. My buddy ran 2 ARC flatlines that draw 2000 Watts rms each and his 4 channel off of one 4AWG wire and then using a distribution block to hook up both amps

 

[csu87 10+ year member]

0 gauge is ridiculous ha. If you have legit 4 gauges you should be fine. My buddy ran 2 ARC flatlines that draw 2000 Watts rms each and his 4 channel off of one 4AWG wire and then using a distribution block to hook up both amps

your buddy is and idiot. 1/0 is good for about 300+amps. 4 gauge is good for about 150amps. you dont want to pull more current then the wire is rated for and if it was a true 2000rms then he is pulling over 200 amps, or just not ginving the correct amount of power to the amps. either way dont skimp on wiring

op if you are going to upgrade in the future, might as well do 1/0. if not, id say 2 or 4 gauge will suffice

 

[misfit138 5,000+ posts]

0 gauge is ridiculous ha. If you have legit 4 gauges you should be fine. My buddy ran 2 ARC flatlines that draw 2000 Watts rms each and his 4 channel off of one 4AWG wire and then using a distribution block to hook up both amps

Wow, he must've got the super secret 2,000 watt version of the Flatline. I'll bet he's running a SE 4000 too, huh?