Does Guage Matter?

[yoshima123 10+ year member]

Ok. i have the alpine mrv-f545, i like it a lot. i just went ahead and used my 8ga wiring from my last 4 channel amp. When the amp is on i get 13.2V on the display.

which i think is decent cosidering i have a civic. i have blown 50amp fuses.

Is my amp wanting more?

is upgrading to 4 ga. worth it with my car, since the alt. is small?

will a 4ga give it more amps?

will it sound better? better S/N (even though its good)?

thanks

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[cjjackson85 5,000+ posts]

Yes to all.

 

[jsloan10 10+ year member]

Just use 18 gauge, it'll smoke a little but that just means its "breaking in".

Seriously, whats the rms ratings for that amp and what does it have for onboard fuses.

 

[yoshima123 10+ year member]

simple as that.

4 ga big enough?

i dont want my cars inside plastic panels taken off 100 times before i get the right one. every time i heard a new rattle/

125x4 rms it has four 20amp fuses

 

[jsloan10 10+ year member]

Just put 1 gauge in there then and you never have to worry about it again.

 

[yoshima123 10+ year member]

screw the 18 ga. , i just use a coat hanger and put a few flame decals on it. the flames should at aleast double the power.

 

[GreenMachine70 10+ year member]

well if your amp draws enought current it will proceed to melt the plastic coat on your power wire and cause an electrical short on your car now your honda ECU wont like that at all so go to town and get the 4awg wire and be safe. nobody likes electrical fires.

 

[ViCk-BuMp 10+ year member]

is it possible that a 0 gauge could fire a 1800w amp??

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

I'm running around 1.7kW off of 2awg, and that's about the most I'd comfortably do. I've got a 200A fuse underneath the hood.

1/0ga for 1.8kW should be fine, unless you're running very inefficient amplifiers.

 

[cjjackson85 5,000+ posts]

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[ViCk-BuMp 10+ year member]

do you think that MA Audio will do fine?? the model is HK401SX Im thinking of buying that amp... are they a good choice?

 

[cjjackson85 5,000+ posts]

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[ViCk-BuMp 10+ year member]

well is either that... hifonics or lanzar... I don't have that much to spend

 

[cjjackson85 5,000+ posts]

Lanzar>>>>All