Going overboard??

[juanmgarza26 10+ year member]

Im planning on doing the big three upgrade now that i have all my stuff installed, is using 0/4 weding cable to do the upgrade "too much"??

 

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[RangerDangerV2 5,000+ posts]

no such thing as too much when it comes to beefing up electrical.

 

[truckramrod 10+ year member]

people will say 4/0 cable has less resistance and that is true BUT

you wont see any realistic gains over using 1/0 or even 4 gauge cable for daily listening. seriously unless you're running a 250+ amp alt its a waste of money.

the poorly done "big 3" installs using 1/0 cable don't help as much as well done 4 gauge applications.

 

[-BenBen- 10+ year member]

whats the diffrence between a poorly done job and a good one, like how can i determain if mine was done good.. its really neat and everything is cleaned up

people will say 4/0 cable has less resistance and that is true BUTyou wont see any realistic gains over using 1/0 or even 4 gauge cable for daily listening. seriously unless you're running a 250+ amp alt its a waste of money.

the poorly done "big 3" installs using 1/0 cable don't help as much as well done 4 gauge applications.

 

[juanmgarza26 10+ year member]

Me and my dad got a deal of 100+ feet of pure copper 4/0 welding cable for $225 and i dont see what harm it would do to use that.

 

[audiobaun 5,000+ posts]

whats the diffrence between a poorly done job and a good one, like how can i determain if mine was done good.. its really neat and everything is cleaned up

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Me and my dad got a deal of 100+ feet of pure copper 4/0 welding cable for $225 and i dont see what harm it would do to use that.

Use it

 

[juanmgarza26 10+ year member]

people will say 4/0 cable has less resistance and that is true BUT

you wont see any realistic gains over using 1/0 or even 4 gauge cable for daily listening. seriously unless you're running a 250+ amp alt its a waste of money.

the poorly done "big 3" installs using 1/0 cable don't help as much as well done 4 gauge applications.

i would want to upgrade my sound system ALOT more in the future, might as well have this done NOW than have to buy this type of wire at retail...

 

[Chriszle 10+ year member]

Use what you have.

 

[ThatChevyGuy 5,000+ posts]

Use what you have.

Lamp cords and old christmas light strands minus bulbs.

 

[juanmgarza26 10+ year member]

whats up with that^^???

 

[Mitch86 5,000+ posts]

No harm in using 4/0 welding cable as long as its done properly. Even if you aren't running huge amounts of power, you already have the wire..go for it

 

[btsteinb 10+ year member]

where did u get that cable. thats dirt cheap.

 

[juanmgarza26 10+ year member]

One of my dads good friends, he was getting rid of his welder, and me and my dad are welders, so extra cable wouldn't hurt us.