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<blockquote data-quote="All_Logix" data-source="post: 7265022" data-attributes="member: 628274"><p>You need 0 gauge because for am amp to actually produce 2000 watts it needs to receive somewhere in the realm of 200 amps, which no offense but if your just running stock, that isn't happening. You might not have seen any problems until now because the amp might have just been working with that current it could draw, the heavier gauge wire will allow more current to pass from the charging system into the amp, its like trying to drink from a straw, the bigger the straw the more liquid you can pull through it, little straw less liquid. But I have a question for you, you say the amp started having problems when the speaker wires touched, like the wires from the speaker output positive touched the negative wire....if that is the case, it could have toasted the amp, depending on how well the protect mode on the amp works...is it getting power anymore at all?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="All_Logix, post: 7265022, member: 628274"] You need 0 gauge because for am amp to actually produce 2000 watts it needs to receive somewhere in the realm of 200 amps, which no offense but if your just running stock, that isn't happening. You might not have seen any problems until now because the amp might have just been working with that current it could draw, the heavier gauge wire will allow more current to pass from the charging system into the amp, its like trying to drink from a straw, the bigger the straw the more liquid you can pull through it, little straw less liquid. But I have a question for you, you say the amp started having problems when the speaker wires touched, like the wires from the speaker output positive touched the negative wire....if that is the case, it could have toasted the amp, depending on how well the protect mode on the amp works...is it getting power anymore at all? [/QUOTE]
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