What happened to 2 gauge?

[RSVCHAD 10+ year member]

As the title states: What happened to all of the 2 gauge wire available from almost every major wire company? This used to be a very common size wire in car audio. I'd rather not incur the additional cost and installation hassle of installing 1/0 since I'm only running two of the Alpine PDX amps. 2 gauge should be more than adequate, but I can't find any of reputable quality.

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[zachzchw 5,000+ posts]

Welding wire should work.

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

x2 on welding wire

 

[gl0ck 10+ year member]

hmmm a x3 on the welding wire or get some el cheapo 0 awg or a few runs of 4 guage?

 

[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

i found some on ebay about 3 months ago. scosche i think. came with an amp kit that had the older zero noise streetwire interconnects in it. they threw in 16 feet of 2 guage with the kit claiming that it would carry just as much power as the 0/1 gauge without the extra weight and hassle.

 

[BaseSteala112 10+ year member]

JL kits come with 2ga.