Is 8 awg enough?

[simon21 10+ year member]

I have a JL e6450. It will power a sub and 4 speakers. Is 8 awg enough?

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[Trancer 10+ year member]

For what? Power, Ground, Speaker wire ect....?

 

[simon21 10+ year member]

for power.

 

[Trancer 10+ year member]

I would rather run 4

 

[QuikSilverRS91 10+ year member]

That's pushing it. To be on the safe side spend the little bit of extra cash and run 4awg... you'll get much better performance out of the amp.

 

[3.5Max6spd 10+ year member]

follow manufacturer specs, they list them for a reason

 

[Ignatowski 5,000+ posts]

8 GA is fine,but yor better off doing it with 4 ga

so you have a little room to grow later down the road

if you are never going to upgrade buy 8,but stay with true 8

because alot of generic amp kits that say 8 are really 9

except Knu , his are 7 which is sweet!

 

[n2audio 5,000+ posts]

The 8 (well, 9) ga kit at wal mart is $20. Spend the extra $5 and get the 5 ga and you'll be set.

 

[simon21 10+ year member]

Thanks for the replies

 

[Trancer 10+ year member]

Sure thing