can 18awg work for sub + speakers?

[94Mazda626 10+ year member]

larger wire means it can allow more current to flow without having voltage drop. It means you'll have more power actually reach your speakers. If your interested I have a ton of 12 guage speaker wire that I pulled out of a movie theater that was torn down a couple years ago here. I ended up salvaging close to 1000' of at least 14 guage possibly 12 guage wire that's in excellent shape. It doesn't show a brand or anything on it but seem to be good quality stuff, very flexible and pretty tough insulation. I'll check exactly what it is when I get home if anyone is interested and can take pics. I won't be home untill Thursday though.

 

[romans535 10+ year member]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/cool.gif.3bcaf8f141236c00f8044d07150e34f7.gif Thanks for the quick response. For you and or anyone else what brand would you recomend for rca's and speaker wire's other than knukonceptz?

rockford fosgate for sure

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

so should i set the gains with my dmm attatched to the end of the speaker line incase the speaker wire isnt getting all the power to the speaker
how big of a difference will it make 18 compared to 14-16 guage

is it actually noticeable

You'll notice when your car is no more.

 

[DRDC5 10+ year member]

What Knukonceptz model RCA cables should I go with?

Other brands available to me are too expensive and not worth my credit.

 

[kbkid 10+ year member]

Krystal Kables

 

[jrwalte 10+ year member]

The main concern with using wire too small is you could over heat it (due to too much amperage going through it) and it could melt/short/spark/start a fire.

 

[Ineed$ 10+ year member]

just get the right stuff.

 

[overeasy 10+ year member]

larger wire means it can allow more current to flow without having voltage drop. It means you'll have more power actually reach your speakers. If your interested I have a ton of 12 guage speaker wire that I pulled out of a movie theater that was torn down a couple years ago here. I ended up salvaging close to 1000' of at least 14 guage possibly 12 guage wire that's in excellent shape. It doesn't show a brand or anything on it but seem to be good quality stuff, very flexible and pretty tough insulation. I'll check exactly what it is when I get home if anyone is interested and can take pics. I won't be home untill Thursday though.

badass