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<blockquote data-quote="keep_hope_alive" data-source="post: 7624548" data-attributes="member: 576029"><p>Ben,</p><p></p><p>you will need ring terminals for the ground wire connections (and a drill/bolt to ground the ring terminal). you'll need battery adapters and terminals to connect the power wire to battery. i protect all wiring (especially in the engine bay) with split loom tubing - same stuff already in the engine bay to protect wiring. i also have plenty of zip ties.</p><p></p><p>i would use 8 AWG power wire fused for 60A with that amp, and 8 awg ground wire.</p><p></p><p>14 AWG wire is fine for speakers (and even 16 AWG or 18 AWG is fine).</p><p></p><p>10 AWG is fine for the sub, but overkill. the tinsel leads on the sub are much smaller than that.</p><p></p><p>you size wire for voltage drop (ampacity doesn't matter here). larger is better, but too large is difficult to work with and terminate. the connections made to the speaker/sub are the most important.</p><p></p><p>here are some build logs to give you ideas</p><p></p><p><a href="http:////forums/car-audio-build-logs-cars-trucks-suvs/533022-2006-hundai-elantra-gt-5-door-simple-alpine-system.html" target="_blank">http://www.caraudio.com/forums/car-audio-build-logs-cars-trucks-suvs/533022-2006-hundai-elantra-gt-5-door-simple-alpine-system.html</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http:////forums/car-audio-build-logs-cars-trucks-suvs/516096-2005-scion-tc-sq-hertz-audison-pioneer-build-log.html" target="_blank">http://www.caraudio.com/forums/car-audio-build-logs-cars-trucks-suvs/516096-2005-scion-tc-sq-hertz-audison-pioneer-build-log.html</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http:////forums/car-audio-build-logs-cars-trucks-suvs/531921-2002-toyota-tundra-access-cab-center-console-sub.html" target="_blank">http://www.caraudio.com/forums/car-audio-build-logs-cars-trucks-suvs/531921-2002-toyota-tundra-access-cab-center-console-sub.html</a></p><p></p><p>many detailed photos and step-by-step descriptions (it's long):</p><p></p><p><a href="http://forum.sounddomain.com/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/1369669/page/3#Post1369669" target="_blank">http://forum.sounddomain.com/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/1369669/page/3#Post1369669</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="keep_hope_alive, post: 7624548, member: 576029"] Ben, you will need ring terminals for the ground wire connections (and a drill/bolt to ground the ring terminal). you'll need battery adapters and terminals to connect the power wire to battery. i protect all wiring (especially in the engine bay) with split loom tubing - same stuff already in the engine bay to protect wiring. i also have plenty of zip ties. i would use 8 AWG power wire fused for 60A with that amp, and 8 awg ground wire. 14 AWG wire is fine for speakers (and even 16 AWG or 18 AWG is fine). 10 AWG is fine for the sub, but overkill. the tinsel leads on the sub are much smaller than that. you size wire for voltage drop (ampacity doesn't matter here). larger is better, but too large is difficult to work with and terminate. the connections made to the speaker/sub are the most important. here are some build logs to give you ideas [URL="http:////forums/car-audio-build-logs-cars-trucks-suvs/533022-2006-hundai-elantra-gt-5-door-simple-alpine-system.html"]http://www.caraudio.com/forums/car-audio-build-logs-cars-trucks-suvs/533022-2006-hundai-elantra-gt-5-door-simple-alpine-system.html[/URL] [URL="http:////forums/car-audio-build-logs-cars-trucks-suvs/516096-2005-scion-tc-sq-hertz-audison-pioneer-build-log.html"]http://www.caraudio.com/forums/car-audio-build-logs-cars-trucks-suvs/516096-2005-scion-tc-sq-hertz-audison-pioneer-build-log.html[/URL] [URL="http:////forums/car-audio-build-logs-cars-trucks-suvs/531921-2002-toyota-tundra-access-cab-center-console-sub.html"]http://www.caraudio.com/forums/car-audio-build-logs-cars-trucks-suvs/531921-2002-toyota-tundra-access-cab-center-console-sub.html[/URL] many detailed photos and step-by-step descriptions (it's long): [URL="http://forum.sounddomain.com/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/1369669/page/3#Post1369669"]http://forum.sounddomain.com/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/1369669/page/3#Post1369669[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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