First System Wiring Advice

[markortwein]

Question 1: I have an excessive amount of 4 gauge speaker wire. Will it hurt my 6 1/2 door speakers to wire them (from my amp) with such huge wire?

Question 2: Is 80 watts too much power for a speaker with 60 watts RMS?

This is what I've purchased (and haven't installed yet)

Amplifier: Profile AP1040.

» 80 watts RMS x 4 at 4 ohms

» 125 watts RMS x 4 at 2 ohms

» 225 watts RMS x 2 bridged output at 4 ohms

» 4-ohm stable in bridged mode

» 2-, 3-, or 4-channel output

» Tri-way capable (Tri-Way Crossover required)

» fuse rating: 30A x 2

» requires 4-gauge power and ground leads

Amp Installation Kit: 4 gauge wiring kit from Knuconceptz (too powerful I'm now thinking)

Subwoofer: Alpine Type R in a sealed box - 500 Watts RMS.

Door Speakers: Infinity 6012i (2-60 watts RMS)

H/U: Pioneer DEH-P4900iB (has 3 4volt preouts)

I have 20 feet of 4 gauge speaker wire com

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[quakerroatmeal 10+ year member]

4gauge wiring kit. Are you talking about the 20ft of 4gauge that you got from the wiring kit? If you are then most likely they are the power/ground wire not the speaker wire. 4gauge would be way too much hell even 8gauge is the biggest i'd ever go for subwoofer connections 12-16gauge for speaker connections. What amp are u using to power the subwoofer?

 

[markortwein]

Here's the wiring kit I order from Knuconceptz

20 Feet 4 AWG Blue Kolossus Power Wire

3 Feet 4 AWG Silver Kolossus Ground Wire

One Waterproof Mini-ANL Fuse Holder with 120A Fuse

TWO 5 Meter Klarity Kable Blue OFC RCA Cable with Built in Turn On lead

20 Feet BLUE Klear Kable OFC 12 Gauge Speaker Wire

2 Gold Plated 4 AWG Ring Terminals, 2 Gold Plated 4 AWG Spade Terminals

I just didn't look closely enough...I guess I have 20 feet of 12 guage wire

As for the amp...I put the specs in my first post. Is 80 watts RMS to much for a 2-60 watt speaker?

this setup is going into a 1999 toyota tacoma extended cab.

 

[markortwein]

Anybody? Is it okay to overpower 6 1/2 door speakers--80watts in to a 60watt speaker?

 

[Spellman 10+ year member]

You should be alright just set the gains on the amp appropriately.

As asked earlier, you are going to need an amplifier for the subwoofer...unless you are bridging that 4 channel amp?

12 gauge speaker wire is fine...

 

[markortwein]

Yeah, i had planned on bridging it. I can get 225 X 2 at 4ohms. That's 450 Watts into 1 10" type R sub, which is rated at 500 watts RMS.

What do you think?

 

[05AztecRed 10+ year member]

As for the amp...I put the specs in my first post. Is 80 watts RMS to much for a 2-60 watt speaker?

If the Amp is 80W RMS, each of the speakers is only going to get 40W RMS total... You will be fine.

 

[markortwein]

Actually the amp is 80 X 4.

So i would be overpowering each speaker by 20 watts...but I could adjust this with gain control, corrrect?

 

[thaster 10+ year member]

its better to overpower a speaker than to underpower it.