can speaker wire be used as power wire?

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And youve got 1100 posts?

 

[thaster 10+ year member]

And youve got 1100 posts?

huh? i was asking if i could extend my wire harness of my headunit with 12 gauge speaker wire. i dont even know if they make 0-4 gauge speaker wires.

 

[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

word lol

if you didn't.. you were about 2 minutes away from frying what ever those went to..

 

[Brian_smith06 10+ year member]

if you didn't.. you were about 2 minutes away from frying what ever those went to..

jlaudio 1000/1 i was testing to make sure it worked(which it did)

didnt hurt the amp but i eventually killed the amp from low voltage //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[Proximity 10+ year member]

huh? i was asking if i could extend my wire harness of my headunit with 12 gauge speaker wire. i dont even know if they make 0-4 gauge speaker wires.

Wire is wire. You can use it for any purpose you want, it's a question of amperage and how much load it can take. If you want you can buy 1/0 gauge kicker hyperflex and use it to wire your speakers. It doesn't matter. It'll work.

 

[Proximity 10+ year member]

if you didn't.. you were about 2 minutes away from frying what ever those went to..

Not really //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

 

[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

jlaudio 1000/1 i was testing to make sure it worked(which it did)
didnt hurt the amp but i eventually killed the amp from low voltage //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

ouch.. I am suprised i didn't kill my amp.. I had 2 batteries.. a stocker and an hc2400..

a 2607d on my btl.. well the wire from the front to the back batt came off and i was playing for 2 days full tilt on the hc2400 not hooked to my alt.. it took it like a champ..

 

[Brian_smith06 10+ year member]

ouch.. I am suprised i didn't kill my amp.. I had 2 batteries.. a stocker and an hc2400..
a 2607d on my btl.. well the wire from the front to the back batt came off and i was playing for 2 days full tilt on the hc2400 not hooked to my alt.. it took it like a champ..

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[Fiercetimbo17 10+ year member]

look.. wire has volt and amp loads it can carry.. it has specs.. with 12 ga wire you can't run an amp unless its pulling like 20a or less.. or you will melt it and or cause a fire..

Not entirely correct, the load capacity of wire depends solely on length of the wire. You would be fine running 20+ amps on 12 gauge is the run of wire was only a foot, however a typical 15 foot run to the trunk of a vehicle you are correct you will have some fire in your future.

 

[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

Not entirely correct, the load capacity of wire depends solely on length of the wire. You would be fine running 20+ amps on 12 gauge is the run of wire was only a foot, however a typical 15 foot run to the trunk of a vehicle you are correct you will have some fire in your future.

it was a guesstimate.. i didn't look it up i ballparked it.. besides the fact he said battery to amp..