What size speaker wire?

[CarAudioNewbie9 10+ year member]

I am going to be running 3000 watts to my Lanzar OPTI1533d subwoofer and I need some advice on speaker wire size. What size is the best to go with? I heard 12 gauge is good for anything 1000 watts or below. Does it matter if it is power wire or speaker wire? What gauge is suggest to get max performance?

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[Ineed$ 10+ year member]

8 guage

 

[CarAudioNewbie9 10+ year member]

8 guage

Does it matter if it is power or speaker wire? What brand would you suggest?

 

[Ineed$ 10+ year member]

When I used the wire size calculator at bcae.com it suggested 8 gauge for 1500 watts and a 12ft run. You should use speaker wire, I get all mine

From knukonceptz.com.

 

[Ineed$ 10+ year member]

When I used the wire size calculator at bcae.com it suggested 8 gauge for 1500 watts and a 12ft run. You should use speaker wire, I get all mine

From knukonceptz.com.

 

[byrdman75 10+ year member]

speaker wire and power wire are not much different, its just a current running though the copper, or metal, in the wire, i use the same wire for ground and power, not same wire but same type, as long as u know what is power and ground u are fine

 

[Carnivorous18 10+ year member]

8 gauge just to be safe. I'll be running 3000watts with 8gauge so yea