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<blockquote data-quote="3Stang" data-source="post: 8016088" data-attributes="member: 650351"><p>Please forgive me for the noob question lol. So anyway I am installing my 12&quot; Alpine Type S running at 2 ohms in one of my cars. I am using 0 gauge wire which I know is over kill for my 500 watt rms amp but I got it just in case one day I wanted to go bigger with my sub and amp so that I dont have to tear the car up again. So the problem I ran into was that my Amp, an Alpine MRP-M500 has very small terminals so there is absolutely no way that the 0 gauge is going to work on that. So I bought a distribution block so that I could use a 100 amp fuse to connect my 0 gauge to my 8 gauge so that I can use my amp. So I would like to know if this sounds ok. Now, for grounding, I was just planning on using 8 guage just for the ground unfused. So I dont know if it is bad to use a tiny ground compared to the power but I just wanted to ask here before I connect the cables to the battery. Everything is installed I just need to plug it in now. Just waiting to here some advice before doing so. Thanks.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="3Stang, post: 8016088, member: 650351"] Please forgive me for the noob question lol. So anyway I am installing my 12" Alpine Type S running at 2 ohms in one of my cars. I am using 0 gauge wire which I know is over kill for my 500 watt rms amp but I got it just in case one day I wanted to go bigger with my sub and amp so that I dont have to tear the car up again. So the problem I ran into was that my Amp, an Alpine MRP-M500 has very small terminals so there is absolutely no way that the 0 gauge is going to work on that. So I bought a distribution block so that I could use a 100 amp fuse to connect my 0 gauge to my 8 gauge so that I can use my amp. So I would like to know if this sounds ok. Now, for grounding, I was just planning on using 8 guage just for the ground unfused. So I dont know if it is bad to use a tiny ground compared to the power but I just wanted to ask here before I connect the cables to the battery. Everything is installed I just need to plug it in now. Just waiting to here some advice before doing so. Thanks. [/QUOTE]

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