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what gauge??
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My friend currently has 4 gauge power and ground wires that power his 1000watt class D sony xplod amp. (we know, it's not really 1000watts). Now, he wants to buy a pioneer amp that gives out 150wrms at 4 ohms. He doesn't know what kind of wiring he should get. He wants to upgrade his sub amp wiring to 0 gauge and is wondering if it's possible to use the 4 gauge on his new amp. Is there any way that the wiring can be "too powerful" and/or harmful to his amp??
Thx in advance
-Axel
My friend currently has 4 gauge power and ground wires that power his 1000watt class D sony xplod amp. (we know, it's not really 1000watts). Now, he wants to buy a pioneer amp that gives out 150wrms at 4 ohms. He doesn't know what kind of wiring he should get. He wants to upgrade his sub amp wiring to 0 gauge and is wondering if it's possible to use the 4 gauge on his new amp. Is there any way that the wiring can be "too powerful" and/or harmful to his amp??
Thx in advance
-Axel
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Rep Power: 0 he can stick with the 4 guage that he is curently running and be fine. f he later replaces the two amps he's running with amps that are pulling more amps then he can go out and buy 0 guage, i'd see no point now in spending more mney on 0 guage until he buys one or more likely two even more powerful amps.
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Rep Power: 338 toms got it, the 4 guage can handle both amplifiers no problem.
he should save his wiring money till he plans on getting something that truly needs the upgrade.
lud is righ ttoo, however, there is no such thing as overkill.....
he should save his wiring money till he plans on getting something that truly needs the upgrade.
lud is righ ttoo, however, there is no such thing as overkill.....
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toms got it, the 4 guage can handle both amplifiers no problem.
he should save his wiring money till he plans on getting something that truly needs the upgrade.
lud is righ ttoo, however, there is no such thing as overkill.....
toms got it, the 4 guage can handle both amplifiers no problem.
he should save his wiring money till he plans on getting something that truly needs the upgrade.
lud is righ ttoo, however, there is no such thing as overkill.....
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Rep Power: 0 technically you could string amps up from one wire like christmas lights if you wanted...
people use those "splitter" things called distribution blocks strictly for neatness and also to drop gauge. wire can handle a certain amount of power over a certain distance, and amps usually take small wire inputs. my sub amp for example takes a 4 gauge input max, but if i were to run 17 feet of 4 gauge directly to that amp, itd have some trouble with that wire. 1600+ rms over 17 feet of 4 gauge is a bit excessive. you add another 350 watts of a/b for my component set and it gets to be too much for 4 gauge, but my amps dont accept 1/0 gauge.
people use those "splitter" things called distribution blocks strictly for neatness and also to drop gauge. wire can handle a certain amount of power over a certain distance, and amps usually take small wire inputs. my sub amp for example takes a 4 gauge input max, but if i were to run 17 feet of 4 gauge directly to that amp, itd have some trouble with that wire. 1600+ rms over 17 feet of 4 gauge is a bit excessive. you add another 350 watts of a/b for my component set and it gets to be too much for 4 gauge, but my amps dont accept 1/0 gauge.
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Rep Power: 0 You use one wire to get into the trunk and then a splitter like this one:
http://www.sounddomain.com/sku/ROCCPPD4
The power wire (4-gauge) goes to the splitter which will be in the trunk. Then from the splitter you run power wires to the amps. This splitter can take 4 gauge wire in and runs four 8 guage wires out. So this could power 4 amplifiers.
They come in all sorts of different arrangements.
Personally I bought a 4-way splitter. I power 2 different amps and then my relay off of it. Plus I have one spare still.
http://www.sounddomain.com/sku/ROCCPPD4
The power wire (4-gauge) goes to the splitter which will be in the trunk. Then from the splitter you run power wires to the amps. This splitter can take 4 gauge wire in and runs four 8 guage wires out. So this could power 4 amplifiers.
They come in all sorts of different arrangements.
Personally I bought a 4-way splitter. I power 2 different amps and then my relay off of it. Plus I have one spare still.
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