Cant get 8g to fit push terminals on sub

[DePratt 10+ year member]

hey calm down lol

they probably just thought, you thought that you NEEDED 8g wire and letting u know that u didnt

 

[JB513 10+ year member]

I know i dont need it its just Im broke as hell lol I do have some 12ga but there is only about 3 feet of it and there is no way that will fit go from the sub to where i have my amp positioned.

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

I know i dont need it its just Im broke as hell lol I do have some 12ga but there is only about 3 feet of it and there is no way that will fit go from the sub to where i have my amp positioned.

So run 12 gauge in the box, and 8 from amp to box. Problem solved.

 

[JB513 10+ year member]

I dont have a terminal cup or whatever they are called so as of now im just running the wire through the port but when i get money i will be putting a cup on the box.

 

[JB513 10+ year member]

Also sorry for lashing out im having a bad day! Teachers are pissing me off thinkin there the shit and all.

 

[wu501 10+ year member]

do what you gotta do for now but I would buy some 12 gauge and use that instead.

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

Hey guy i cant seem to get my 8g wire to fit in my push terminals so i was wondering if it ok that a little bit of the wire is not totally inside the terminal. And this is the only wire i have besides 0g which i know wont ever fit lol. And no i dont want to buy 10 or 12g because im an impatient **** and want bass NOW!!

just trim off whatever doesnt fit and you will be just fine.

trim it because you dont want any shorts happing in the future...

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

It's fine if it isn't all in, it just won't be the full 8gauge capacity for current flow, but it'll be like 9gauge. Or you can just cut a bit off the end, I did that to my speaker wire when I had to get two 10gauge's into the puish terminals.
Your fine, just make sure the way the wire stick out doesn't allow the + and the - to touch, or you'll have a short.

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no, it wont be like 9 ga wire

if that were the case....ever pulled apart a sub and looked at a coil?

the whole run of speaker wire would be just as useful if what you are saying is true.

just food for thought.....most coils are 20ga or so

 

[x2o 10+ year member]

no, it wont be like 9 ga wire
if that were the case....ever pulled apart a sub and looked at a coil?

the whole run of speaker wire would be just as useful if what you are saying is true.

just food for thought.....most coils are 20ga or so

Yes I know this, my post was wrong. Sorry.

Editing now.

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

no, it wont be like 9 ga wire
if that were the case....ever pulled apart a sub and looked at a coil?

the whole run of speaker wire would be just as useful if what you are saying is true.

just food for thought.....most coils are 20ga or so

Huge difference between solid conductor and stranded.

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

If we are still arguing, 10 ga wire is like 1.25 a foot. Buy 10 feet. That is $12.50. Unless you are a jew, you should be able to buy this.

 

[Spectrum]

And for the record, trimming a few strands off a wire to get it to fit in a terminal won't affect its current carrying capacity in the slightest.

listen to him...if you only had 1 inch from your batt to your amp you could run really small wire and you would be fine...the reason you have to use big wire from your amp to you batt is because of the distance

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

Huge difference between solid conductor and stranded.

In what regard? If they are the same gauge, they will have the same cross sectional area of conducting material. The Stranded will look thicker because there's some space between the strands.