how good is this wire kit

[panteramatt 10+ year member]

Looking for a complete dual amp wiring kit with 0 guage wire. THis kit looks nice and is very cheap. What do you pro's think for running 2 amps with around 2,000 total power?

http://cgi.ebay.com/SCOSCHE-E2-E3200-0-4-Ga-Dual-Amplifier-Amp-Wiring-Kit_W0QQitemZ300034976927QQihZ020QQcategoryZ79815QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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[knukonceptz 10+ year member]

The kit is cheap, but shipping is insane. A few things to point out:

Fuses - are they included and what size?

17' 15.5 MM hex Power cable - Should READ - 15.5mm^2 which yeilds the 5/6 gauge cable the seller talks about his "notes"

per AWG:

conductor size 5 AWG

area 16.773 mm^2 (square-mm)

area 33102 CM (circular mil)

diameter 210.1 mil (1)

diameter 5.338 mm (1)

DC-resistance 0.00105 Ohm/m

tensil strength 503.20 kgf (2)

weight 149.114 kg/km (Cu)

weight 45.288 kg/km (Al)

construction: stranded

conductor size 6 AWG

area 13.302 mm^2 (square-mm)

area 26251 CM (circular mil)

diameter 187.1 mil (1)

diameter 4.753 mm (1)

DC-resistance 0.00132 Ohm/m

tensil strength 399.05 kgf (2)

weight 118.253 kg/km (Cu)

weight 35.915 kg/km (Al)

construction: stranded

Based on that - 100A would be the max I would recommend on that cable at 17'. You get about a 10% voltage drop at that amount. 4 Gauge would allow up to 150A at the same loss. See what your total current draw of the system is and go from there.

The speaker wire and other power wire are 11 gauge and 8 gauge respectively

 

[knukonceptz 10+ year member]

I looked at this again, seems they are just quoting outside diameter of the cable not area, which is very odd since it could be 10mm of plastic and 5mm of copper??? They call it 1/0, but I have no idea what it is now......

 

[BlackMaxima 10+ year member]

this is better.

http://www.knukonceptz.com/productMaster.cfm?Category=Amp%20Installation%20Kits