nees help to choose right wires for a new setup!!

[yusme]

Hey guys what's up, Im trying to run a single cable from battery to trunk and use one of those adapters to split in to two power sources ok, I have 16 ft 4 gauge kiker wire, and also some 10 gauge knukonceptz wire, would it be ok to run the kiker wire from battery aND split into two for two amps let's say 1600 watt, would that wire be ok?? It's just already got the wires but I'm a little tight in budget and I don't know if this will work or just go to knukonceptz and get 4 gauge wire for the 2nd amp, what u guys think??

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[macsdad 10+ year member]

You should really consider 0/1guage wire from battery to trunk. Then you could drop it down to 4guage in the trunk.

 

[negolien]

Yeah I'd go 0 to the distro then use the 4. That's what I run.

 

[CSCStang]

X2. 10 gauge is not enough for your juice.

 

[n2audio 5,000+ posts]

need info on the amps to give you an informed answer.

If you have 1600 REAL watts you are WAY beyond 10 awg. You're technically past 4 awg too.

But if you're talking about boss audio 1600w 10awg might actually work.

1600w rms would require wiring capable of ~150A. That's the top end of 4 awg, so you'd want 1/0 primary to 4 awg from the distribution block.

But Boss/Pyle etc "1600w" amps actually do 500ish. For that 4 to 8 awg would be adequate.

 

[yusme]

hey bro i hows your ppi900.4 I was wondering if i could power up 2 sets of re xxx components with that amp what u think ??