wiring with 5 gauge....

[vosschs 5,000+ posts]

long story short, i needed a wire kit fast, went to wal mart all they had was a dam 5 gauge wire kit, i have lil amp from my buddy hooked up now to 2 l 5s, its like a 1200 watt offbrand crap, but if i get a viper 1200.1 would it hurt anything?

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[SSS 18734 5,000+ posts]

im running my viper off the same kit. seems fine for now.

 

[vosschs 5,000+ posts]

1200.1 to what XXX?

 

[SSS 18734 5,000+ posts]

no, a pair of Premier 2000SPL's.... if that somehow makes a difference

 

[vosschs 5,000+ posts]

na im thinking of running an xxx or sx, wont matter as long as your running a 1200.1 what i am thinking

 

[SSS 18734 5,000+ posts]

you might want to upgrade to better wiring in the future, I know I do. But for daily driving its all I really need. Its not like it wont work with 5 guage wiring or anything.

 

[vosschs 5,000+ posts]

you might want to upgrade to better wiring in the future, I know I do. But for daily driving its all I really need. Its not like it wont work with 5 guage wiring or anything.

all i will need it for is daily, and its not blaired up for longer than a min or 2 anyways usually less than half way

 

[SSS 18734 5,000+ posts]

all i will need it for is daily, and its not blaired up for longer than a min or 2 anyways usually less than half way

then you will be fine //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/thumbsup.gif.3287b36ca96645a13a43aff531f37f02.gif

 

[johnecon2001 5,000+ posts]

go for it.. the difference between 4awg and 5awg is like a hundred or so strands of wire.

 

[n2audio 5,000+ posts]

go for it.. the difference between 4awg and 5awg is like a hundred or so strands of wire.

Strand sizes aren't all the same, so there's really no way to say for sure. What can be said though is that 5 ga is 20% smaller in cross-sectional area than 4 ga., but still that should be fine for a class d 1200w rms daily driver.