running speaker wire??

[blueadidas05 10+ year member]

what size guages do you use? i got a kicker 800.2 what should i use to run to two 12 jl audio w3's? if you could give a broad range too that would be great i'm runnin door speakers too.

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[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

welcome to ca.com. i always use the 12ga speaker wire from walmart for my subs. every other speaker i use 16 ga.

 

[FOSGATE JOE 10+ year member]

1oga and16ga is in my car/12ga is fine too

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

12 gauge to the sub, 14 gauge to the front speakers...

Lowe's or Home Depot/other construction places seems to have the best prices on two-conductor stranded speaker wiring.

 

[blueadidas05 10+ year member]

i running mb quart componet speakers at 30 rms. what size should i run to the tweeters from the crossover and what terminal -6db, -3db, 0db????

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Small gauges would be fine, tweets don't take much power. As to the Xover settings, it depends on what they sound like as to how much attenuation you need.