What speaker wires to run?

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

I bought 50ft of 14 gauge speaker wire for my 4 door speakers, is that good?

and what gauge wire do i need to run from a 9.1 to FI Q?

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[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

14gauge is fine for speakers. I normally use 10gauge for subs...

 

[Pioneer~Saturn 5,000+ posts]

For the speakers 14 gauge is fine...For the Q Id use around 10 gauge...or even 8-gauge power wire if you have it...

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

For the speakers 14 gauge is fine...For the Q Id use around 10 gauge...or even 8-gauge power wire if you have it...

well, the speakers are only 60 watts a piece

 

[Fusion_FREAK 10+ year member]

You may need more wire. Wiring up a 4 door, so that's four runs going to the amp(s).

I ended up using about 50 feet for my 2 door Civic.

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

You may need more wire. Wiring up a 4 door, so that's four runs going to the amp(s).
I ended up using about 50 feet for my 2 door Civic.

but my amp is going to be under the back seat of my extended cab f150, so running to the back doors won't require much wire

 

[Pioneer~Saturn 5,000+ posts]

well, the speakers are only 60 watts a piece

I know...thats why i said the 14 gauge would be fine for them //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

 

[Fusion_FREAK 10+ year member]

Oh ok, wasn't sure what kind of vehicle you had. 50 feet should be find then.

 

[DidUHearThat? 10+ year member]

I used some 4 gauge for the subs on my freinds car for the subs. There is no reason for it, but we had some 4 gauge left over, I managed to get onto the terminals and it looked really cool.

 

[ascendantsubs1]

14gauge is fine for speakers. I normally use 10gauge for subs...

8ga FTW!!!!!!

Your embarrasing IL sir //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wave.gif.002382ce7d7c19757ab945cc69819de1.gif

 

[Pioneer~Saturn 5,000+ posts]

I used some 4 gauge for the subs on my freinds car for the subs. There is no reason for it, but we had some 4 gauge left over, I managed to get onto the terminals and it looked really cool.

X2...on this next box the 18's gunna be getting 4 gauge power wire for speaker wire, so necessary //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif....maybe some 8 gauge for the tweets too //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif (not really)

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

16 gauge is plenty for upwards of 150w @ 4 ohms.

As for the 4 gauge ... You would need to run 11,250w RMS @ 0.5 for 4 gauge to be required. At 1 ohm, that jumps up to 22,500w. This is all through one wire, with 150A of current.

Even with 2,000w RMS @ 0.5 ohms, you're only drawing 63A of current. 8 gauge is more than enough due to the relatively short run.