Question about new speaker wire I installed.

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Alright so I have a single 12" kicker comp sub that has 300 watt max and 150rms and I bought a 270 watt mono kicker amp for it and for a while I was using I think either 16 gauge or 14 gauge wire to wire everything meaning that I used it on the deck for the turn on wire, the wire to wire it up to the sub, and as the battery wire and ground wire. I was told not to use that gushed of wire for the battery and ground because it was to small for it and it could burn the wire or something. Nothig ever happened and my sub seemed to hit very hard with it. So I decided to just go and buy some 8 gauge wire for the battery and ground with a new inline fuse block with a 40 amp fuse and now it seems like the sub isnt as loud as it was and I'm wondering why if someone could help me that would be appreciated thanks.

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[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

8 awg is the right size, along with an inline fuse holder and 8 awg ground.

i suspect you have a poor ground connection.

my ground:

 

[kramer_212 10+ year member]

8 awg is the right size, along with an inline fuse holder and 8 awg ground.
i suspect you have a poor iground connection.

my ground:

Fat mat!

 

[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

Fat mat!

yep, that's why i can tell people not to use it. i removed most of it. that alone says a lot.

 

[Mitch86 5,000+ posts]

You used 14 or 16 gauge wire for power and ground for an amplifier? Is that even possible? I've ran into some undersized wiring on amplifiers, but never 14 or 16 gauge. I'm surprised it would even provide enough voltage for the amp to run for a few seconds. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif But as said before, 8 gauge is fine for your amplifier. And again, you most likely have an issue with your ground. Also, make sure you read up on how to properly set your amplifiers gain so you dont toast the subwoofer.

 

[kramer_212 10+ year member]

yep, that's why i can tell people not to use it. i removed most of it. that alone says a lot.

I use rattletrapp frequently its alright, as long as the surfaces are clean.

 

[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

I use rattletrapp frequently its alright, as long as the surfaces are clean.

that stuff was from 2006, and it wasn't rattletrap. i clean metal surfaces with non-detergent degreaser. with some heat it tends to have better adhesion. but i can still remove most of it without much hassle.

 

[kramer_212 10+ year member]

that stuff was from 2006, and it wasn't rattletrap. i clean metal surfaces with non-detergent degreaser. with some heat it tends to have better adhesion. but i can still remove most of it without much hassle.

Yeah, not disagreeing thought they were the same company that's why I even mentioned it.

 

[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

Yeah, not disagreeing thought they were the same company that's why I even mentioned it.

no problem. i was curious about the difference between the cheap stuff and their better stuff. similar to Raammaudio - BXT is marginal, BXT II is good. totally different compounds.

 

[kramer_212 10+ year member]

no problem. i was curious about the difference between the cheap stuff and their better stuff. similar to Raammaudio - BXT is marginal, BXT II is good. totally different compounds.

Yeah I finally got my hands on some audio technical and 80a mil //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif good stuff but I still like the stinger roadkill better seems to have thicket aluminum and is super duper sticky.