Size wire for Subs?

[c_hayhurst 10+ year member]

I have an 800W RMS sub which will be powered by an 800W RMS amp. What size speaker wire do you suggest I use?

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[Famous_78]

I have an 800W RMS sub which will be powered by an 800W RMS amp. What size speaker wire do you suggest I use?

8gauge

 

[johnson 10+ year member]

14 gauge

 

[donpisto 5,000+ posts]

IMO 8 awg is too much. Either 12 or 14 would work fine.

 

[95volvosx 10+ year member]

IMO 8 awg is too much. Either 12 or 14 would work fine.

I have 8 awg and it's perfectly fine on my SX //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fro.gif.c695f1f814b01c4ad99fe7f8cccadd29.gif

 

[c_hayhurst 10+ year member]

What 8 gauge that makes it "too much"?

 

[95volvosx 10+ year member]

all 8 awg is basically the same. what sub is it?

 

[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

you'll be fine with 12 guage IMO

 

[Lakota 5,000+ posts]

12 or 14 should do it.

 

[WantedIsHere]

12 is more then enough for that kind of power....

 

[Qbenjamin 10+ year member]

8gauge

That's a waste of money, not to mention overkill. 12GA all the way.

 

[btlking 10+ year member]

invert the sub and run 0 thats total bling factor

 

[Calikid 5,000+ posts]

i run 0 gauge

 

[btlking 10+ year member]

i run 0 gauge

well then your a dumb ***

 

[n2audio 5,000+ posts]

knowledge