speaker wiring

[johnnygoat 10+ year member]

How do you guys connect 12 gauge wires to your speakers I cant seem to find connectors that will accept 12 gauge wire. Is there somewhere online to buy them. All I see is the blue connectors I think are for16 and 18 gauge. Thanks

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[bradl79 10+ year member]

Supco T1112C Quick Disconnect, High Temperature, 12-10 Gauge, 1/4" Female Tab (Pack of 100): Disconnect Terminals: Amazon.com: Industrial & Scientific

 

[fatboytyler]

What kind of connections are the speakers?

 

[Common Sense]

I use these.

Ace 12-10 AWG Yellow Fully Insulated Female Disconnect - 50 Pack - Terminals - Ace Hardware

 

[johnnygoat 10+ year member]

speakers are JL Audio connections are a female spade type connection one looks to be 3/16" pos and maybe 1/8" for neg but it seems like when you go to a bigger gauge wire connectors get bigger but I will definitely check out the suggestions. Thanks

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

i use wire nuts ....but my subs have direct leads....

 

[johnnygoat 10+ year member]

Maybe I am going about this all wrong maybe I trying to run to big of a wire what size wires are you guy running to your front and rear channels

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

You can also wire your speakers in parallel or series

 

[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

how i terminate 12AWG at speakers:

crimp and solder uninsulated female disconnects

insulate with heatshrink

 

[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

We up-size wire to reduce voltage drop on long runs. but large wires can work their way loose on the spade terminals on speakers. the tinsel leads are an indication of the minimum wire size you can use for short distances.

more recently, i soldered 18awg wiring to the speaker terminal to make flexible pigtails that i connected to the 12awg ran into the doors. this reduced strain on the speaker terminals.

the 12awg has similar soldered female disconnects and heat shrink as above. the 16awg has insulated male spade disconnects.

the spade connections are then protected with a few wraps of 3M Super 33+ before installing in the door.