dtfferance between 0 and 4 ga

[spike_e 10+ year member]

im running 2 amps that both accept 4 ga wire.

can i just run 4 gauge wire?

ill be pllin around 1200 watts

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[Enellz 10+ year member]

run 0 guage wire to a distro block which splits into two 4 guage holes. Problem solved. BTW what size amps are they?

Edit: Anything over 1000 wrms should be 0 guage anyway.

 

[spike_e 10+ year member]

thas what i have done in th past. and what i wil prolly do now. i was just asking.

amps in my sig are what im running

 

[Enellz 10+ year member]

thas what i have done in th past. and what i wil prolly do now. i was just asking.amps in my sig are what im running

Yeah I would say that would be best. I believe a 0 gauge wire is equal to 2 4ga wires, and a 4 ga is equal to two 8 gauge wires. So in a sense you would actually be underpowering your amps if you ran one 4ga to two amps. Especially for 1200wrms

 

[99grandprixGT 5,000+ posts]

ya just run 1/0 to a d block.

 

[spike_e 10+ year member]

ight thanks

 

[t-money 10+ year member]

yep, i ran around 1300 rms to a sub and 300 watts to components and had no issues

 

[pawn man 10+ year member]

2 2 gauge = 0 gauge, 4 4 gauge = 0 gauge

 

[ThatChevyGuy 5,000+ posts]

you can run up to 2k on 4 gauge...

 

[spike_e 10+ year member]

you can run up to 2k on 4 gauge...

really?

 

[PuZo 10+ year member]

you can run up to 2k on 4 gauge...

Isn't it 1800w on a 4 gauge?

 

[ThatChevyGuy 5,000+ posts]

well my hifo 2006d had 4 gauge inputs. I ran 4 gauge to a kinetic 2400 and then 4 gauge to the amp never had any problems.

 

[spike_e 10+ year member]

i know i would be "better safe than sorry" running 0, but i will be so much easier to run 4 ga

 

[ThatChevyGuy 5,000+ posts]

run 0 so if you want to eventually run more power you dont have to redo everything. And do the big three if you havent, it helped me out.

 

[spike_e 10+ year member]

yea i did the big 3 and run an optima red top.

and i still had dimming with my last set up.