ok to bend 8ga wire to fit in a 4ga slot?

[M@nJo 10+ year member]

im in stuck situation trying to find an AGU fused distro block that accepts at least one 4ga, and has one 4ga AND one 8ga output. the cloest ive found were 4ga in, 4ga out. i was thinking about bending the 8ga wire a little so it can fit flush into an 4ga slot...would this be ok?

or how about placing a dime in the 4ga slot and just tighten the 8ga wire on top of the dime?

coins withdraw current right? lol

lmk what you guys think i should try. my sub amp (bx1000d) takes 4ga and my speaker amp (alpine 4-ch) takes requires 8ga.

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[Beat_Dominator 5,000+ posts]

Just put the 8ga in normally? If you want to you can use shrink wrap to protect the connection as well.

 

[M@nJo 10+ year member]

the 8ga is very short compared to 4ga. their isnt a long enough thread to hold down 8ga tightly.

 

[Beat_Dominator 5,000+ posts]

Umm, maybe go to a hardware store and get a longer set screw? If anthing, do NOT do the dime solution //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif

 

[mazdakid 5,000+ posts]

why not just use a piece of 4gauge then or just 2 pieces of 8gauge in there

 

[ramos 5,000+ posts]

double it over, it won't look pretty. But it's not going to hurt anything //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[bri487 5,000+ posts]

get some reducers. or make your own.

 

[Bake 10+ year member]

yeah, I take it you mean you want to strip it back farther then bend the wire back to double it up. That will work and you should be able to make it look fine too.