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<blockquote data-quote="tpmeredith" data-source="post: 7306577" data-attributes="member: 625173">lol bro 1/0 welding cable is rated a lot higher than he needs. Many people on this forum use welding cable. If he was running 10,000 watts I&#039;d say look at the quality of the runs, but 1/0 welding is plenty good enough for what he needs. I&#039;ve used it in my big 3 and for most of my wiring in my car, and it works great. Lol I highly doubt his 1200 watts is going to melt 1/0 welding cable. Insulation on it seems plenty proficient IMO, and on their site it&#039;s rated up to 350amps. While I wouldn&#039;t recommend sending more than 250-300 per run.&quot;Its cool that your car never drops below 14v, but you are on borrowed time.&quot;Mind telling me how you figure? Voltage drop kills components, and seeing how I practically have no drop at 14v I&#039;d beg the differ.&quot;Your factory alternator is designed with about 10% excess of what is required to run the car properly.&quot;Not true either, as that really depends on the car. Maybe a honda civic doesnt have much, however other cars can have a lot of headroom.&quot;It just puts more strain on the alternator and factory electronics.&quot;Some how I&#039;m failing to read you. The battery is not adding strain, the voltage drop is adding strain to electronics. Adding a bigger battery in the trunk allows for simple bass drops to not impact overall voltage level as much.I&#039;m telling him suggestions of what will fix his problem without him spending needless moneyLike I said, if his connections are solid, his alternator actually puts out 200 amps and isn&#039;t failing, and after he gets the big 3 done, then a 2nd battery SHOULD be all he needs. However, something doesn&#039;t smell right with this whole install because a 200amp alternator should be plenty to power what he needs and then some. My guess like I said is connections or something(batt or alt) is failing. If nothing indeed is failing, he should do the big 3 with 1/0, then look into a 2nd deka battery in the trunk.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tpmeredith, post: 7306577, member: 625173"] lol bro 1/0 welding cable is rated a lot higher than he needs. Many people on this forum use welding cable. If he was running 10,000 watts I'd say look at the quality of the runs, but 1/0 welding is plenty good enough for what he needs. I've used it in my big 3 and for most of my wiring in my car, and it works great. Lol I highly doubt his 1200 watts is going to melt 1/0 welding cable. Insulation on it seems plenty proficient IMO, and on their site it's rated up to 350amps. While I wouldn't recommend sending more than 250-300 per run. "Its cool that your car never drops below 14v, [B]but you are on borrowed time.[/B]" Mind telling me how you figure? Voltage drop kills components, and seeing how I practically have no drop at 14v I'd beg the differ. "Your factory alternator is designed with about 10% excess of what is required to run the car properly." Not true either, as that really depends on the car. Maybe a honda civic doesnt have much, however other cars can have a lot of headroom. "It just puts more strain on the alternator and factory electronics." Some how I'm failing to read you. The battery is not adding strain, the voltage drop is adding strain to electronics. Adding a bigger battery in the trunk allows for simple bass drops to not impact overall voltage level as much. I'm telling him suggestions of what will fix his problem without him spending needless money Like I said, if his connections are solid, his alternator actually puts out 200 amps and isn't failing, and after he gets the big 3 done, then a 2nd battery SHOULD be all he needs. However, something doesn't smell right with this whole install because a 200amp alternator should be plenty to power what he needs and then some. My guess like I said is connections or something(batt or alt) is failing. If nothing indeed is failing, he should do the big 3 with 1/0, then look into a 2nd deka battery in the trunk. [/QUOTE]

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