What gauge wires for 1000 watt amp powering 2 10'' subs?

[sizzl3r 10+ year member]

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[Johnny Drama 5,000+ posts]

Power:

It would depend on the lenth of the wire needed to be run. You could get away with 4 ga wire if its less than 10 feet. If its more than 10 feet I would go with 2 ga or 0 ga wire. (Im assuming your 1kw is RMS)

Speaker:

10/12 ga would work just fine.

 

[nateberrier 10+ year member]

if your only running 10s then you run 10 gauge

 

[Burton6431 10+ year member]

4 guage will do, if you wana rune 0 then go for it while your in the process but i never use a wire less than 4 for ANY sub setup. But i do have 8 guage going to my car with just vocals, around 250 rms there.

 

[sizzl3r 10+ year member]

Gotcha. Yeah it's just in a truck cab so not too long

Just curious, but What does the gauge mean?

 

[memphis_vette 10+ year member]

Gotcha. Yeah it's just in a truck cab so not too long
Just curious, but What does the gauge mean?

the gauge is the size of the wire...the smaller the gauge the bigger the wire and vise versa.

 

[Vossy 10+ year member]

1000w rms or 1000w peak

 

[sizzl3r 10+ year member]

Its 1000 watt peak. What are the advantages of using smaller gauged wire?

 

[ItsAJeepThing 10+ year member]

1/0 just in case you upgrade

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

Exactly what amp are you using?

 

[sizzl3r 10+ year member]

Its an MD Sound 1000 watt amp. I wanna replace my crappy jensen 200watt amp so i thought thatd be a better way.

The amp:

2 CHANNEL

4 Ohm RMS: 75x2

2 Ohm RMS: 100x2

Mono RMS: 200

Max Power: 1000 Watts

 

[MONSONwarrior Premium Member]

you only need 8 gauge for that...

but I wouldn't run anything lower than 4 since it's like 20 bucks more.

 

[sizzl3r 10+ year member]

you only need 8 gauge for that...
but I wouldn't run anything lower than 4 since it's like 20 bucks more.

Alright thats good to know, thanks!

the gauge is the size of the wire...the smaller the gauge the bigger the wire and vise versa.

So if its just smaller or bigger...what difference would 10 gauge make rather than 8 gauge?

 

[MONSONwarrior Premium Member]

Alright thats good to know, thanks!

So if its just smaller or bigger...what difference would 10 gauge make rather than 8 gauge?

8 gauge is bigger so therefore less voltage drop and resistance along the cable.

 

[sizzl3r 10+ year member]

Alright so what would happen if I used 10 gauge to power it?