Proper guage for my Massive P1000.1

[klepto 10+ year member]

So here's the thing. Im running two amps in my car, both of them in my trunk so i can ground them in the same place. For my 12'' Mag, im running a Massive P1000.1 @ 1ohm which is rated at around 1000wrms. My speakers are running off of a P400.4 which im bridging to give 200w x 2 @ 4ohms to a set of Crystal SSCS6's. Im running 1/0 guage back to the trunk, then running that to a 3 way distro from Knu...from the distro i will be running wire to the amps.

http://www.knukonceptz.com/productDetail.cfm?prodID=KNF-23

I will be running 4 guage to the p400.4 which will have to be cut down at the end to fit the amp. I was also planning on runnin 1/0 guage to the P1000.1 but with the dimensions of my trunk and where the amps will be mounted, it is gonna be really hard to wire the amp with 1/0 guage. The wire is so unflexible that it makes running it to the amp really difficult.

Will it be sufice to run 4 guage to the p1000.1 or is 1000wrms pushing it for 4 guage? Would 1/0 guage be optimal in this condition, or will it not make much of a difference for me to notice and i should just run 4 guage?

Thanks...

Klep

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[disturbedfuel15 10+ year member]

Since it is a mono amplifier, it is probably class D, no? According to the wire guide in these forums, 4 guage can handle up to 1400 watts on a class D amp. If it's a class AB, that would be pushing it, and you may want to go atleast 2 guage.

Good luck!

 

[skadude016 5,000+ posts]

4 gauge should b fine.

 

[klepto 10+ year member]

All it says on the massive site that it is a pro-series mono-block amplifier. It doesent say anything about class D. In fact, it has a seperate link for their class D amps, which leads me to believe that my amp is in fact A/B //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif .

I dunno maybe one of you guys could check it out and give me an opinon. All of the amps are on the left hand side, mine is under "Pro-series mono block"

http://www.massiveaudio.com/lowband/index.html

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

get some good 0 guage. run it from the batt to a 2 way distro, then run 4 guage to both amps. done

 

[Rich B 5,000+ posts]

I believe that is an A/B class, but if the distance is short from the dist. block to the amp 4 guage would be fine.

 

[klepto 10+ year member]

Yeah the distance is like maybe 2 feet at the most. Thank god i get to work with 4ga again. 1/0 guage is teh uber thick and unflexible //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crying.gif.ec0ebefe590df0251476573bc49e46d8.gif

 

[klepto 10+ year member]

get some good 0 guage. run it from the batt to a 2 way distro, then run 4 guage to both amps. done

Is the fact that i have a 3 way distro and only running 2 amps off of it going to be a problem?

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

a 2 way is fine. but if you have a 3 way distro already, then you can use that.

 

[Big Dee 10+ year member]

I believe that is an A/B class, but if the distance is short from the dist. block to the amp 4 guage would be fine.

No, it's a class D.

 

[klepto 10+ year member]

How do you know?

 

[Big Dee 10+ year member]

How do you know?

Try reading the manual or the spec sheet.

The spec sheet says it's efficiency is 85%, only a Class D amp would have that.

Then the manual says "Pro Series Class D amplifier" in the very first line.

 

[klepto 10+ year member]

Touche to you.

 

[disturbedfuel15 10+ year member]

Touche to you.

Douche to you as well. So the plan here is going with 1/0 to the distro, and then 4 guage coming off of 2 spots on the distro, which will work great. I figured I needed to sum this up for you.

 

[klepto 10+ year member]

Douche to you as well. So the plan here is going with 1/0 to the distro, and then 4 guage coming off of 2 spots on the distro, which will work great. I figured I needed to sum this up for you.

Um well YOU dont need to be a douche. I understand what was said.

Touche is different from douche.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/touche