Help / Hurt?

[Bumpin' Goalie 10+ year member]

Running a JL 300/2 (4 ohm) and an AQ 1200d (1 ohm) off of 1 strand of 4g split into 8g via a distro.

Obviously this is smaller than recommended. However, I have been slow to upgrade wires since the amps read 12.8-13.5 regularly.

The under-hood battery reads 14.1-14.7 regularly.

So, to my question:

I'm guessing that upping my wire to 0g or running another strand of 4g will up my amps' voltage.

Will any other affects occur? Mainly, will my battery/alternator have to work harder to meet the demands being requested by the amps via the bigger wire?

Thanks.

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[daboyfrumdabx 10+ year member]

Less resistance, less work

 

[Bumpin' Goalie 10+ year member]

Agreed. So now, run 0g to a distro split into 4; or just leave my original 4 going to the JL, and add another 4 into the AQ.

Frankly, should turn out roughly the same in terms of resistance, yes? And adding another 4g would be alot easier on the wallet, and alot less time consuming.

Thanks.

*Or even add a 0g to the AQ and use the existing 4g to the JL?*

 

[Chris Z 10+ year member]

I would go ahead and get 0g for your AQ and leave the 4g in the JL.

 

[Bumpin' Goalie 10+ year member]

Thanks for the input; any other opinions?

Also, does everyone agree on Knu as most cost effective wire?

 

[Chris Z 10+ year member]

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[Bumpin' Goalie 10+ year member]

That's a sweet deal indeed. Link to it plz?

 

[krazykarl 10+ year member]

That's a sweet deal indeed. Link to it plz?

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[Chris Z 10+ year member]

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[Bumpin' Goalie 10+ year member]

Thank you pplz.

 

[FurbiesAndBeans 10+ year member]

Have you done the big 3? If not it will help a lot if you do it with 0 gauge.

 

[Bumpin' Goalie 10+ year member]

I have it run in 4 gauge. which should be plenty considering stock 80amp alt and 700cca batt.