are these good wires to use

[Lothar34 10+ year member]

ok i got it. so in that ebay post it says 1/0 and what it should be is 1 awg??

No, it is 0 gauge.

1/0 = 0 gauge

2/0 = 00 gauge

4/0 = 0000 gauge

get it?

 

[disceptre420 10+ year member]

ok, thanks man. thanks everyone

 

[n2audio 5,000+ posts]

Knu's description breaks it down as clearly as possible.

Their KLM 1/0 doesn't have the same current capacity as standard copper 1/0, but it is more than capable of supplying an amp with 2x70 AMP fuses.

You have to specify what size fuse you want -- If this is the only amp you'll be running with this kit you can go with the 150A. The 200A would cover you a 2nd medium sized component amp.

 

[Saint211 10+ year member]

The reason behind the 1/0 is it really means"one-aught"... its the same thing as "0 gauge"

1/0 = one aught

2/0 - two aught

3/0 = three aught

4/0 = four aught

after that it changes classiifications

just think of a thirty aught six //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif 30-06..

 

[disceptre420 10+ year member]

Knu's description breaks it down as clearly as possible.Their KLM 1/0 doesn't have the same current capacity as standard copper 1/0, but it is more than capable of supplying an amp with 2x70 AMP fuses.

You have to specify what size fuse you want -- If this is the only amp you'll be running with this kit you can go with the 150A. The 200A would cover you a 2nd medium sized component amp.

shouldnt my speaker wire have a smaller fuse than the amp? if i have a 200 amp fuse in my wire and 140 in my amp then the wire could let more than 140 amps through and would pop the amp fuses right?

 

[n2audio 5,000+ posts]

shouldnt my speaker wire have a smaller fuse than the amp? if i have a 200 amp fuse in my wire and 140 in my amp then the wire could let more than 140 amps through and would pop the amp fuses right?

You meant power didn't you??

The fuse near the battery will have very little effect on what's happening at the amp. The amp will only draw what it needs, and your amp should never draw more than ~140A, and that would only happen momentarily at the peaks of the music signal, and it would only happen when you're running it at full volume.

The fuse up front is there to protect the wire (and your car) in case any portion of the wire down stream from the fuse gets shorted to the car's chassis.

If there is a current surge in the amp the onboard fuses should blow. The fuse up front couldn't be expected to protect the amp in that situation even if it were 140-150A.

 

[Linkz 10+ year member]

ok i got it. so in that ebay post it says 1/0 and what it should be is 1 awg??

no

Edit:

lol slow post

 

[disceptre420 10+ year member]

You meant power didn't you??
The fuse near the battery will have very little effect on what's happening at the amp. The amp will only draw what it needs, and your amp should never draw more than ~140A, and that would only happen momentarily at the peaks of the music signal, and it would only happen when you're running it at full volume.

The fuse up front is there to protect the wire (and your car) in case any portion of the wire down stream from the fuse gets shorted to the car's chassis.

If there is a current surge in the amp the onboard fuses should blow. The fuse up front couldn't be expected to protect the amp in that situation even if it were 140-150A.

ok i got it now. thanks again everyone