Melting 8ga Power Wire

[ikpthegame 10+ year member]

ok this might sound stupid, but what inputs do you hook up the DMM to?

 

[SilverSquared 10+ year member]

I melt 2g wire on a 200 watt amp. **** orions. My 250 ate 4g, and my 2100 eats 2g.

 

[bad @SS chevy 10+ year member]

Shit, I have a 00 monte ss,, before i did the big three. I couldnt pull more then 1000 watts with a 4 awg power wire, Let alone you are using a 8 awg wire.. pics?

 

[vehementSPL 10+ year member]

8 is good for ~550w rms

Incorrect. That is a rule of thumb. But wire length matters. I am not sure the exact math but litterally if the wire was only 4 inches long it prob could handle 4000 watts.

 

[Paaco1981 10+ year member]

When I first got my Rockford T10001bd I had 2, 2 foot long runs of 8g from the distro block to the amp until my 1/0 came in from Knukoncepts. By the time it got here the red shielding was black //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif But like they said be careful cranking the gains like that or you will burn up more than power wire. With 5v preouts I set the gain on my T1k to 1050 watts with a DMM. Gain was only 1/4 of the way up.

 

[Frijoles24 10+ year member]

my first fuse/fuseholder 4 ga melted. the one right off the batt.

i dont know hwo it happened. but when i went to change my blwon fuse, it was liek that.

blew the fuse by shorting the circuit. left a ground wire open =x

 

[DeboDaddy 10+ year member]

Shit, I have a 00 monte ss,, before i did the big three. I couldnt pull more then 1000 watts with a 4 awg power wire, Let alone you are using a 8 awg wire.. pics?

When I had my Kicker kx1200.1, and my 2 15" L7's, I had no problems at all with the 8gauge. I was running at 1ohm, at that amp was birthsheeted at 1420w. For some reason this Kenwood is less efficient I guess...

I can get pics later today if you'd like. I think I may have thrown the wire away, but I still have the fuse holder i think.

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

Incorrect. That is a rule of thumb. But wire length matters. I am not sure the exact math but litterally if the wire was only 4 inches long it prob could handle 4000 watts.

No, it is correct. Hence the approximate symbol. And that is at a 20' length

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

Ok, I was just reading the gain setting tutorial... 42.7v is what i need. When I get my new 4ga and fuse holder I'll set it to that.
As for the test tones, I already have 0db tones from 15hz to 1khz. As a matter of fact, I melted all my shit on a 0db 35hz tone... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

Then you really were drawing 900w through the wire. Awesome.

 

[LBC99 10+ year member]

I melted an 8 ga wire and fuse holder in my 4runner with a 4 ch Infinity amp a few years back. It was hilarious. For a few days, I couldn't understand why my amp wasn't working. I went to check my oil and finally noticed it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif I run 4 ga now.