really quick question about wire gauge

[mdd99 10+ year member]

what is the different between

4AWG

8AWG

10AWG

and the same with distributer block

which one is better

will one have better sound quality than the other

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[mdd99 10+ year member]

i have hard time picking wire for amp and distribution block...can you go with two amp without distribution block

 

[mdd99 10+ year member]

i have us acoustics 2100 for cdt 61a

and what is amperest

 

[Matador 10+ year member]

i have us acoustics 2100 for cdt 61aand what is amperest

is dat all you going to be running? if so, 8awg is enough for you.

amp = measure of current.

jmac is referring to how much current ur amp would draw. the smaller tha number the bigger the wire is. so think of a water pipe. the bigger the pipe, the more water that can flow thru it. i usu go by how much power you will be running, just a little bit easier, but it's almost the same

distro - they depend on what wires u running.

 

[maniackilla 10+ year member]

what would happen if u ran a good 100 amps thru an 8awg non fused wire? will *eventually* each of the threads burn into?

i remember when i FIRST got my amp hooked up after rewiring it all and i went to crank my car and POOF!!!! smoke rolled form the engine and i almost wanted to cry. turns out the 4guage wire from my alternator to my starter *i think* burned right into and was so hot it remelted itself back togethe ron each end and the wire was hot from that point, to my battery, down my power wire *about 10-15 ft total*

come to find out it was a complete coincidence. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/scared.gif.f134e57c6c93ccd0f15aa5ac32c7d4a0.gif :thumbs_up

 

[mdd99 10+ year member]

so if i have 2 amp one is lighting audio and the other is us acoustic. then what size should i use the lighting audio is 500 rms. us acoustic is 100 rms each channel 2 channel and what size distribution block do i use 4, 8 or 10 or none if it okey

 

[FalconXtreme 10+ year member]

ok im gonna be runnin 1600wrms to my subs and then 60x4rms to my mids/highs. how should i go about wiring that? two seperate kits or a distro block of some sort? thanks