big 3 upgrade questions

[quins90lac 10+ year member]

ok planing on doing the big 3 upgrade to my car and my question is can i get away with doing it with 4awg ?its the same size as the power wire i got running to my disto block and its got a place for 2 8awg coming out of it.also the wire that goes from my alt to the bat looks like its only 8awg. so would going with 4awg be worth it also do i have to put a fuse in between the alt and the bat with only going with 4awg?

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[99grandprixGT 5,000+ posts]

im sure it will be better than stock, but if your buying new wire and doing it you might as well do it with 1/0 the first time. and i fused my alt to batt.

 

[Tehgregzor 10+ year member]

GRANDPRIX speaks truth.

 

[PuZo 10+ year member]

noob question, what does 1/0 mean? I know its a gauge size, but is it 0 or 1 or what?

 

[quins90lac 10+ year member]

1/0 awg means that its perty much imbetween 1/0 . they call it 1/0 cause if you have ever noticed that wire gauges go in even numbers so next one down from 2 would be 0 but since it not quite 0 its called 1/0 at least thats the way i understand it to be.

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

1/0 awg means that its perty much imbetween 1/0 . they call it 1/0 cause if you have ever noticed that wire gauges go in even numbers so next one down from 2 would be 0 but since it not quite 0 its called 1/0 at least thats the way i understand it to be.

FAIL!

1/0 = Literally pronounced "ONE OTT" meaning literally Single Zero Guage.

2/0 = Literally pronounced "TWO OTT" meaning literally Double Zero Guage.

And so on, and so on.

Since the lower the number, the larger the wire... 2guage, 1 guage, 0guage, 00guage (2/0), 000guage (3/0), etc, etc...

Also AWG = American Wire Gauge...

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[PuZo 10+ year member]

FAIL!
1/0 = Literally pronounced "ONE OTT" meaning literally Single Zero Guage.

2/0 = Literally pronounced "TWO OTT" meaning literally Double Zero Guage.

And so on, and so on.

Since the lower the number, the larger the wire... 2guage, 1 guage, 0guage, 00guage (2/0), 000guage (3/0), etc, etc...

Also AWG = American Wire Gauge...

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okay thanks, I found the chart on wiki, if im going to be putting around 1600-2000 rms from the battery, will a 2 gauge wire be sufficient? The more watts you output, does the gauge of your ground wire make a difference?

 

[wasted ink 10+ year member]

okay thanks, I found the chart on wiki, if im going to be putting around 1600-2000 rms from the battery, will a 2 gauge wire be sufficient? The more watts you output, does the gauge of your ground wire make a difference?

dont use wikipedia...

if youre really running above 1000 watts you should be running at least 1/0 power... youre ground should be AT LEAST the same size of your power, if not bigger.

 

[PuZo 10+ year member]

dont use wikipedia...
if youre really running above 1000 watts you should be running at least 1/0 power... youre ground should be AT LEAST the same size of your power, if not bigger.

K, so for simplicity sake your power and ground should be the same gauge.

 

[wasted ink 10+ year member]

K, so for simplicity sake your power and ground should be the same gauge.

no, for resistance sake, your power and ground should be the same gauge

 

[IDSkoT 5,000+ posts]

noob question, what does 1/0 mean? I know its a gauge size, but is it 0 or 1 or what?

Haha... it's a wire with an identity crisis.

 

[GMCJimmyslt2000 10+ year member]

dont use wikipedia...
if youre really running above 1000 watts you should be running at least 1/0 power... youre ground should be AT LEAST the same size of your power, if not bigger.

1000 watts does not need 1/0 gauge....4 gauge is fine

 

[wasted ink 10+ year member]

1000 watts does not need 1/0 gauge....4 gauge is fine

1000 is fine.. anything over i feel alot better running 1/0

 

[PuZo 10+ year member]

1000 is fine.. anything over i feel alot better running 1/0

on my 4 gauge kit it was saying something about 1800 watts, it was made by monster so it might be over-rated?

 

[wasted ink 10+ year member]

on my 4 gauge kit it was saying something about 1800 watts, it was made by monster so it might be over-rated?

just run 1/0... if you end up upgrading, youre wire can stay put

i wouldnt push 1800 through 4ga..