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[fakename 10+ year member]

friday, ill have a new amp. it will be pushing 2200 rms to my 15" xxx. how big should allll of my wires be. what are you all running?

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[forceofwill 10+ year member]

0 AWG for power/ground. 10 or 12 AWG for speaker wire should be fine.

 

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

what kind of amp?

it's gonna depend on the size of the terminals

 

[fakename 10+ year member]

how many ft of each wire do you think ill need? my box and amp are touching each other, so the speaker wire doesnt have a long way to travel. how many ft of power/ground? i drive a 2 door civic.

 

[fakename 10+ year member]

bump.

 

[spudracer326 10+ year member]

I got 20 of 1/0 power and 5 feet of ground and had 3 feet left over of power and 2 feet of ground left over in my car...btw i have a 05 civic coupe....get 17 foot interconnects...12 ft works but just barley....and what kinda amp...???

 

[thai_creeper 10+ year member]

never mind

 

[fakename 10+ year member]

planet audio VX2200

 

[fakename 10+ year member]

to the what? to the top.

 

[johnecon2001 5,000+ posts]

Do you have a measuring tape? Figure it out for yourself.

Use 1/0awg for power and ground like mentioned and then 12awg for the speaker.

Measure twice cut/buy once.

 

[fakename 10+ year member]

what if 1/0 doesnt fit for power

 

[PhatTonyDeMarco 5,000+ posts]

what if 1/0 doesnt fit for power

It wont, that amp has 4 guage terminals. Deffinitly run 1/0 cable, and then either get a distrobution block or get some wire reducers. Either will work to get it down to 4 guage size, but its up to you.

 

[MadAudio 10+ year member]

then see if 2 guage will fit

 

[thai_creeper 10+ year member]

It wont, that amp has 4 guage terminals. Deffinitly run 1/0 cable, and then either get a distrobution block or get some wire reducers. Either will work to get it down to 4 guage size, but its up to you.

If you use a distro block with 1/0 in and 2 4guage out, would you just use one of the 4 guage outs and leave the other 4 guage out empty?

 

[johnecon2001 5,000+ posts]

If you use a distro block with 1/0 in and 2 4guage out, would you just use one of the 4 guage outs and leave the other 4 guage out empty?

yup.