minimum gauge for wiring subs?

[flyg20 10+ year member]

is there a minimum gauge speaker wire that can be used for wiring subs? im running 300 watts rms and i think the wire is 15 gauge, is that too thin?

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[ws140 10+ year member]

Depends on the distance from the amp to sub. Look at a chart and it will tell you distance vs ampre. then what guage you should use.

http://www.crutchfield.com/installguide/S-bijymG6UHOn/cable_gauge.html

 

[flyg20 10+ year member]

that chart is for power and ground cable gauge, not speaker wire

 

[SoundsUnlimited 10+ year member]

If I were you I would run no less than 8 guage wiring....And as that goes..it is mostly a standardized wiring setup...That will ensure that there is a good pass of current, wont yield your pass of electrcity(ohm's)...But any less than that and I would say u are starting to get IFY!! But I run 0/2 gauge wiring..so its all good //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

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[dr. no 10+ year member]

Originally posted by flyg20 is there a minimum gauge speaker wire that can be used for wiring subs? im running 300 watts rms and i think the wire is 15 gauge, is that too thin?

I'd prob go a little bigger than 15ga, 12ga will be fine. You don't need any bigger than 12, the guys who said bigger think your talking bout the power/ground wires for your amp.

 

[Matador 10+ year member]

12 gauge is fine, u can even go with 14-16 gauge i believe, i think it would depend more on length and the amount of power you 'll be sending.

just to be safe get 12 gauge, thicker than that is not neccessary i believe. unless u running like 1k or 2kwatts to each coil or something

 

[smacktown 10+ year member]

16 guage will be fine but i would go with the 12 guage

 

[Biohazard 10+ year member]

so for speaker wire is 8G ok for 1000rms or should it be more?

 

[Trixter 10+ year member]

There would be no reason for going any larger than 12g, even that is over doing it in most cases.