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<blockquote data-quote="boatben" data-source="post: 6962545" data-attributes="member: 625273">Hi guys, bare with me, this may be long. I&#039;m installing a stereo for the first time and it&#039;s in my boat. I have 1 alpine MRP 600x1 and 1 RF P400.4 amp. I paid a guy to come out and install it (rip me off). He ran both amps off 1 8 gauge cable. The amps were cutting out so I checked it out and did a little research to find out that the power cable was way too small. So I went to the audio store and bought a 0 guage amp kit. I installed everything and it worked perfectly for awhile and then my 4 channel amp started cutting out. Since it&#039;s a boat I have to ground back to the negative terminal on the battery. I obviously didn&#039;t have enough 0 gauge so I ran 4 gauge ground cable which I assume is too small and I should be using 0 gauge.I&#039;ve done some research on the install bay 0 gauge amp kit I bought and found out the 0 gauge is not a true 0 gauge. So here&#039;s my question...should I buy 0 gauge cable for the long ground I need to run or should I get 2 gauge? I guess I could replace all the power and ground with true 0 gauge, but I&#039;m trying to keep cost down and not even sure if true 0 gauge would fit the fuse holder and distribution blocks provided in the kit?Here&#039;s the kit I bought. <a href="http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_18411_The+InstallBay+AK01.html" target="_blank">The Install Bay AK01 - 0-2 Gauge Amp Kits - Sonic Electronix</a>Thanks in advance for any suggestions!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="boatben, post: 6962545, member: 625273"] Hi guys, bare with me, this may be long. I'm installing a stereo for the first time and it's in my boat. I have 1 alpine MRP 600x1 and 1 RF P400.4 amp. I paid a guy to come out and install it (rip me off). He ran both amps off 1 8 gauge cable. The amps were cutting out so I checked it out and did a little research to find out that the power cable was way too small. So I went to the audio store and bought a 0 guage amp kit. I installed everything and it worked perfectly for awhile and then my 4 channel amp started cutting out. Since it's a boat I have to ground back to the negative terminal on the battery. I obviously didn't have enough 0 gauge so I ran 4 gauge ground cable which I assume is too small and I should be using 0 gauge. I've done some research on the install bay 0 gauge amp kit I bought and found out the 0 gauge is not a true 0 gauge. So here's my question...should I buy 0 gauge cable for the long ground I need to run or should I get 2 gauge? I guess I could replace all the power and ground with true 0 gauge, but I'm trying to keep cost down and not even sure if true 0 gauge would fit the fuse holder and distribution blocks provided in the kit? Here's the kit I bought. [URL="http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_18411_The+InstallBay+AK01.html"]The Install Bay AK01 - 0-2 Gauge Amp Kits - Sonic Electronix[/URL] Thanks in advance for any suggestions! [/QUOTE]

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