what are some brands of wire? What is the best?

[DBBOOM 10+ year member]

, I'm gonna go on a bit of a rant here because nothing better to do.

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Yeah me too, haven fun getn people opinionated though.

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

The fuses are there to protect the car in every case. By the time amp fuses blow, the damage to the amp is already done. The fuses are there to isolate the internal short in the ampand keep it from getting hot enough to catch fire. The inline fuses do the same thing for the wire, but in every case the goal is to keep the car protected.

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

The fuses are there to protect the car in every case. By the time amp fuses blow, the damage to the amp is already done. The fuses are there to isolate the internal short in the ampand keep it from getting hot enough to catch fire. The inline fuses do the same thing for the wire, but in every case the goal is to keep the car protected.

truf.

 

[speedfreak28 10+ year member]

Im a big fan of kicker hyperflex, theyre PKD1 kit cant be beat for the price.

http://cgi.ebay.com/KICKER-PKD1-0-AWG-GAUGE-AMP-WIRE-KIT-for-2-AMPS-05PKD1_W0QQitemZ360106578737QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCar_Electronics_Installation?hash=item360106578737&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A15%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

 

[roscoPcoldchain 10+ year member]

i use streetwires,stinger,tsunami

 

[IDSkoT 5,000+ posts]

So your are telling me that you put a fuse on all of you wire that is rated for the max amperage of said wire? If you wire is rated at say 300amps and your amplifier is rated for 200amps, your saying you run a 300amp fuse inline and then a 200amp fuse inline? Guess i just know that if you blow a fuse rated at less than the max of the cable your going to stop current flow.

There's no magical number, that if the amperes goes above, the wire will "CATCH ON FIRE AND FCK YOUR ISH UP!!"

After a certain point, the wire itself begins to heat up. That "Max rating" is intended for the user not to allow the current to exceed that rating for an extent of a time.

So, it CAN take 300 amps, for a short period of time. But by then, the fuse would have blown.

It's "safer" to fuse lower. But, it's much more practical to fuse higher in case you want to upgrade in the future. You don't have to throw away a perfectly good fuse just because you're being a pansy.

 

[Scoobydum 10+ year member]

i use 12awg oxygen free copper wire for all speakers in my house and car