Will i notice a difference by putting bigger wire than 1/0?

[trunks9_us 10+ year member]

instead i might put like 4/0 welding wire or is that to big is it hard to put bigger wire on ??? i will be taking my car to a car audio install in austing tx to do this. So will it be hard to put on wire i have my own 4/0 wire i just dont want to buy 1/0 wire from them.

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[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=166038

you need to use whatever size corresponds with the total power you're running.

 

[stishdr 10+ year member]

wow, 4/0 is huge, i'm doing 2/0 and it's way big enough...u can do it, won't hurt anything

 

[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

wow, 4/0 is huge, i'm doing 2/0 and it's way big enough...u can do it, won't hurt anything

4 is smaller than 2

 

[trunks9_us 10+ year member]

im doign the biggest wire they make which was 4 aught i thought?

 

[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

im doign the biggest wire they make which was 4 aught i thought?

0 guage is alot bigger than 4 guage.

 

[trunks9_us 10+ year member]

not 4 gauge 4 aught 1/0 is 1 aught so isnt 4/0 4 aught?

0 guage is alot bigger than 4 guage.

 

[nate2587 10+ year member]

4 is smaller than 2

there is

0000 = 4/0

000 = 3/0

00 = 2/0

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[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

yeah, 4/0 is very large. you are correct. are you running 5000 watts rms?

 

[trunks9_us 10+ year member]

well i am putting in 0000 then cause i work in a warehouse and i just found out that i have the terminals to fit on. but i dont know if they will fit on the car or not.

 

[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

there is
0000 = 4/0

000 = 3/0

00 = 2/0

0

1

2

4

6

8

10

12

etc

yeah. alot of people write 4 guage as 4/0 which is wrong. clarifying.

 

[trunks9_us 10+ year member]

i will be running about 3200 rms but still why not i mena i have the wire for free plus terminals u know.

 

[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

well i am putting in 0000 then cause i work in a warehouse and i just found out that i have the terminals to fit on. but i dont know if they will fit on the car or not.

how much power are you running?

 

[nate2587 10+ year member]

http://www.weldingsupply.com

but i also hear that 2/0 welding wire = 1/0 car audio wire cause of more strands

 

[trunks9_us 10+ year member]

if i wanted to run 4/0 to a dist block how would i do this? so i can make it into 2 or 4 gauge.

i will be running about 3200 rms but still why not i mena i have the wire for free plus terminals u know.