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What wire size to use? Do I need to fuse?
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<blockquote data-quote="trumpet" data-source="post: 8133172" data-attributes="member: 628688"><p>You don't fuse speaker wires. It's not done by even the most meticulous installers. While I won't say it's impossible for too much current to go through the outputs, it's not something to worry about. People damage speakers by improperly setting the gains and not knowing when to back off on the volume knob. Fusing is not going to help in those cases.</p><p></p><p>I'm using 16 ga wire for most of my speakers, and I have up to 200W RMS on that wire to my midbass speakers. It will never be taking 200W for more than brief periods and I have no qualms about using 16 ga wire in this application. Going with bigger wire just makes it harder to fit in tight places, like through the door jams. I had to settle for 1 run of 16 ga and 2 runs of 18 ga to do my 3-way door speakers. There was just no way to get more wire in the boots.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trumpet, post: 8133172, member: 628688"] You don't fuse speaker wires. It's not done by even the most meticulous installers. While I won't say it's impossible for too much current to go through the outputs, it's not something to worry about. People damage speakers by improperly setting the gains and not knowing when to back off on the volume knob. Fusing is not going to help in those cases. I'm using 16 ga wire for most of my speakers, and I have up to 200W RMS on that wire to my midbass speakers. It will never be taking 200W for more than brief periods and I have no qualms about using 16 ga wire in this application. Going with bigger wire just makes it harder to fit in tight places, like through the door jams. I had to settle for 1 run of 16 ga and 2 runs of 18 ga to do my 3-way door speakers. There was just no way to get more wire in the boots. [/QUOTE]
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