amp kit wire question

[spedster25 10+ year member]

Before I start hooking things up I wanted to get a little advice.

System is 2 JL amps...a 300/4 for the comps and back speakers and a 500/1 for the sub.

I have a 4 gauge amp kit by JL (with a distrobution block that goes from 4 ga to 8 ga)

? is can I run a 4 ga distro block that also has two outs for 4 ga to both the amps or am I going to run into problems with the 500/1 since it requires 4 ga. I guess what I am really asking is will running 4 ga into the block and then having 2 4 ga running out of the block (1 to the 300/4 and 1 to the 500/1) give me any problems.

Thanks for the advice.

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[budahbuddy803 10+ year member]

no it will not create any problems. It is possible that you may get more output if you ran 1awg and split it into two 4ga but you should be ok

 

[tru_44 10+ year member]

can 4awg fit into your block (isn't it only big enuff for 8awg or do u have 0 to 4awg block), in most cases u run 0/1 awg and 4awg ouptuts, but if it works then go ahead

 

[spedster25 10+ year member]

Yea I can fit 4 ga running out of the distrobution block. I just want to make sure that I am ok splitting 2 4 ga out with 1 4 ga into the distribution block.

Would running a 4 ga out to the 500/1 and a 8 ga to the 300/4 cause me any problems or will that help or hurt it?

 

[spedster25 10+ year member]

Or the other option would be to run 4 ga in with two 8 ga out since both the 500/1 and 300/4 will take 8 ga as a min. Will I suffer with that setup or is it negligible to notice the differnce.

Thanks again for everyones help

 

[regal8r 5,000+ posts]

running 1/0 would just be a waste of money and overkill in this particular application. 1 4ga in to 2 4ga will be perfect for both amps though.