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<blockquote data-quote="hispls" data-source="post: 8720583" data-attributes="member: 614752">Assuming it&#039;s a legit 1500W amp you may well draw over 150A of current, and cheap #6 cable could very well fail catastrophically. Now will your amp ever draw more than the max safe rating, who knows?&nbsp; Is your #6 cable OFC or CCA?&nbsp; Is it true AWG wire or something cheap that&#039;s not even the honest wire size?&nbsp;&nbsp; I can tell you for certain you won&#039;t cause a fire hazard by going too big on your power cable and there&#039;s no reason you can&#039;t uninstall your primary cable and use it in a future install.&nbsp; The power cable in my Jeep has been with me for about 10 years and through 4 vehicles.150$ sounds a little high for JUST power cable but it&#039;s not out of line for a good brand amp wiring kit that comes with RCA speaker cable and some fuse blocks and such.&nbsp;&nbsp; Kicker, Rockford, and other big names get about that for their premium cable kits.&nbsp; Keep in mind if your installer is selling Kicker or whatever kits he&#039;s paying a couple markups from the brand + his distributor and of course he is ultimately paying the cost of keeping a store open and assuming some liability in installing this in your car.&nbsp; &nbsp; If you&#039;re going to DIY look into Sky High, Knuconceptz, or check out darvex.com (they sell good quality cable and connectors).&nbsp; If you&#039;re paying a shop to do the install 150$ isn&#039;t out of line.Either way I would personally use 1/0 gauge and I wouldn&#039;t consider going below 4 gauge OFC.[ATTACH=full]23972[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hispls, post: 8720583, member: 614752"] Assuming it's a legit 1500W amp you may well draw over 150A of current, and cheap #6 cable could very well fail catastrophically. Now will your amp ever draw more than the max safe rating, who knows? Is your #6 cable OFC or CCA? Is it true AWG wire or something cheap that's not even the honest wire size? I can tell you for certain you won't cause a fire hazard by going too big on your power cable and there's no reason you can't uninstall your primary cable and use it in a future install. The power cable in my Jeep has been with me for about 10 years and through 4 vehicles. 150$ sounds a little high for JUST power cable but it's not out of line for a good brand amp wiring kit that comes with RCA speaker cable and some fuse blocks and such. Kicker, Rockford, and other big names get about that for their premium cable kits. Keep in mind if your installer is selling Kicker or whatever kits he's paying a couple markups from the brand + his distributor and of course he is ultimately paying the cost of keeping a store open and assuming some liability in installing this in your car. If you're going to DIY look into Sky High, Knuconceptz, or check out darvex.com (they sell good quality cable and connectors). If you're paying a shop to do the install 150$ isn't out of line. Either way I would personally use 1/0 gauge and I wouldn't consider going below 4 gauge OFC.[ATTACH type="full" alt="ampacity table.jpg"]23972[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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