what size wire?

[deLeo 10+ year member]

im running a 10" Q. a hifonics 1208 @ 1ohm and i have 0g to a distroblock for my 4channel and sub amp...

what size wire should i run from the amp to the sub?

0g -> distro -> 4g to amp -> ??g to sub

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[redrider13 10+ year member]

I think most people run anywhere from like 10-16 gauge, I forget exactly what though.

 

[1rockford1 5,000+ posts]

12 ga will be fine bro

 

[Mexar 10+ year member]

14 gauge should be plenty

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

4/0 gauge //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[deLeo 10+ year member]

so 10-14 will be fine? id rather be a little bigger and safe then not //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[DonH 5,000+ posts]

4/0 gauge //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

HAHAHA WTF! thats a good one!

i run 10g wire

 

[1rockford1 5,000+ posts]

12 ga will be fine.

 

[craigzter 10+ year member]

i ran 8ga from my 750.1 to my 12" Q but you dont have to. Thats all i had laying around. But ya i would run 10-14 myself.

 

[Mike465 10+ year member]

so 10-14 will be fine? id rather be a little bigger and safe then not //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

just use 12-14 for the amount of power you are running 10 guage would be a waste of money.

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

HAHAHA WTF! thats a good one!
i run 10g wire

That's what I run as well.

 

[n2audio 5,000+ posts]

1200w at 1 ohm will draw over 30A theoretically, but given the assumed over-ratedness of the HF amps plus the dynamic nature of music 12 ga will work fine.

 

[deLeo 10+ year member]

1200w at 1 ohm will draw over 30A theoretically, but given the assumed over-ratedness of the HF amps plus the dynamic nature of music 12 ga will work fine.

the amp does rated... hifonics just uses 14v instead of 12v. 12v is 85% of 14v which means it would put out roughly 1000w and the q is rated for 1000wrms meaning it will be fine //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[ballin123491876 10+ year member]

yeah i'd say 12 as well it's always worked fine for me

 

[n2audio 5,000+ posts]

the amp does rated... hifonics just uses 14v instead of 12v. 12v is 85% of 14v which means it would put out roughly 1000w and the q is rated for 1000wrms meaning it will be fine //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

What's wrong with 14V?

Based on 8 yrs of over-rated HF brutus sub amps and no significant design changes I will continue to assume they are over-rated until a thorough independent bench test shows otherwise.

They can't even get CEA cert. at 14v/4 ohms.