reducing gauge

[lsurulzes 10+ year member]

Is it safe to take some wires out of a 1/0 gauge wire to make it fit in a 4 gauge input on a distribution block?

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[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

You could do that...I guess if you wanted the "cleanest" way to do it, they make 1/0 to 4awg gauge reducers specifically for that purpose. Sounddomain sells them.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

As well as Darvex.com.

 

[BassAddictJ 5,000+ posts]

will that rescrict the flow of energy in any way?

i have a simular situation...

8awg speaker wire going to the XXX15, but to wire the VC's in paraelle to get 1 ohm i have to fit 2 wires in some of the terminals, and 2 8awg wires DO NOT fit in one XXX 15 terminal, if i cut some of the wire off to make 2 8awgs fit or will that restict flow of current??!??!!?!

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Nope...the smaller gauge is for maybe a half inch, nothing that's going to reduce current handling capacity //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[RandyJ 10+ year member]

will that rescrict the flow of energy in any way?
i have a simular situation...

8awg speaker wire going to the XXX15, but to wire the VC's in paraelle to get 1 ohm i have to fit 2 wires in some of the terminals, and 2 8awg wires DO NOT fit in one XXX 15 terminal, if i cut some of the wire off to make 2 8awgs fit or will that restict flow of current??!??!!?!

Is there a reason you are using 8awg wire as speaker wire? You really do not need it.

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

yea dude. 8guage is retarded.

12 will be overkill - but will work 10x better than 8 just because you can fit it in without a problem.