Power wire question

[flava30 10+ year member]

I am about to install a RF T1500 1 bd and a T400.4 amps. I already have a 4 gauge power wire in my current set up. Do I need to upgrade to a 0 ga power wire (battery to trunk) or can I just keep my 4 ga Raptor one. I will also be doing the big 3.

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[plugitin 5,000+ posts]

id say go 0 gauge...cant hurt.

 

[Wingsfreak9 10+ year member]

id say go 0 gauge...cant hurt.

this.

 

[-01limited- 10+ year member]

I'd run 0 gauge since you're running two amps. Just for piece of mind and I'm sure it'll help the amps out with the current flow.

 

[flava30 10+ year member]

Ok. Thought I didn't have to spend more money, but okay I'll take your recommendations so I won't lament later.

 

[-01limited- 10+ year member]

Ok. Thought I didn't have to spend more money, but okay I'll take your recommendations so I won't lament later.

If money is really tight, get a long enough piece of 0 to get it to a place for a distro block and then take the 4 ga you have and cut it in half and run to each amp. Might be able to save you some length on the 0 and use the 4 you already have.

 

[flava30 10+ year member]

Good idea but I think I'll bite the bullet and get the 0 ga from knu wires and do it rite.

 

[plugitin 5,000+ posts]

shok wire man //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[flava30 10+ year member]

Shok wire?

 

[-01limited- 10+ year member]

Good idea but I think I'll bite the bullet and get the 0 ga from knu wires and do it rite.

I mean that way is doing it right. You'll have to split the 0 sometime to run it to both amps and 4 gauge is sufficient for each amp also as they aren't more than 2k.

In the end you'll still have to have a distro, and after the distro it'd be overkill on them two amps to use 0.

 

[azphat12 10+ year member]

http://www.bcae1.com/images/swfs/speakerwireselectorassistant.swf

Good tool you can use to get a rough idea.

 

[azphat12 10+ year member]

nm...thought I read speaker wires....ugh.

Well good tool none the less, lol

 

[plugitin 5,000+ posts]

Shok wire?

- Vertex Audio

 

[flava30 10+ year member]

I don't see shok selling it by the foot

 

[flava30 10+ year member]

Well I don't really want to spilt the 0 ga before the trunk with a distro