please answer my newbie questions

[blimblam 10+ year member]

im not going to be buying an amp kit for my sub amp so i was wondering, when wiring my subs, i dont need a lot of speaker wire do i? maybe 5 feet at most? im wiring them parallel / parallel and the amp is going to be right there on the enclosure. thanks for your time.

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[tapout 5,000+ posts]

At $.25 to$.50(depending on the ga.) a foot, get 20 ft or so to be sure you have enough. We're only talking a couple of dollars here.

 

[blimblam 10+ year member]

ok, cool. i forgot to post these questions.

about how much 0 gauge from the battery to the trunk? is about 13 ft good enough?

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

id do more then 13 feet

 

[Wkbdkid 10+ year member]

Yur gonna need a ground also, so add 2-4ft when ordering wire.

 

[twentyinchburb 10+ year member]

most amp kits ive seen come with between 17 and 20 ft of power wire so somewhere in there should be enough

 

[rollerdj 10+ year member]

depending on the car / truck, i allways get 20 to 25 feet. you never know when u might need extra. you could allways mess a section up, or have to run the wire where you were not expecting and use more than the 13 feet. thats just my 2 cents though.

 

[blimblam 10+ year member]

ok, i guess ill get 17 ft.

 

[roarzorz 10+ year member]

I used 15ft to go from battery to trunk in my '05 Altima then another 3ft for the ground.

 

[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

i used 17 feet for my bonneville, and whatever for the ground,just whereve you can get a good ground. and then i had some left over and used about 6 1/2 feet on the big 3