Im getting a 350 watt alpine amp, i was wondering what gauge wire i should go with, i might bridge it later down the road so it will be 700 watts. i was thinking a 2 gauge any opinions?

 

4 gauge will be good for your purpose.

 

if i get a 2 gauge its not gonan have a negative effect will it?

 

nope not at all. with a thicker wire, you'll be able to upgrade to a larger system in the future if you decide to.

clean 3rd gen

 

Hrrmmmm...this guy lives in the same town as me...

 

I would go with 2 ga. and break it down by distribution block. It wouldn't hurt, you'll always have that power on tap. And when you go slightly deaf and need more base you won't have a restriction of current flow if you decide to go with more/bigger amps.

 

i'd go with 8 gauge. anything thicker is just way too difficult to work with.

 

Umm, are you kidding? My 0gauge is almost exactly as pliable as the JL 4gauge I use from the distribution block to the amps. 8gauge will not be near enough for 700+watts.

I say 4 or 2gauge. 2 if you plan on upgrading in the future.

 

Please...

 

Hahahahaha. You make me laugh.

 

if i can run a thick wire in my 3rd gen, so can he in his

 

Another thing I just thought of is that someone just admitted to having teh small p3n0r...

 

well i'm running 100 watts RMS for each speaker, and only 150 RMS for my sub, so 8 gauge is perfect. Also, i tried 4 gauge and it was too thick to fit in the terminals of the amps.

 

4 gauge => distro block => 8 gauge to amps.

 

i'd rather have a straight connection from the battery to the amp, without any interruption.

 

Why is this? I hope you at a minimum have an inline fuse.


A wire will loose a specific amount of voltage across 1ft of said wire of a given diameter. If you run 18ft of 8gauge. The drop will be higher than if you choose 17ft of 4gauge and 1ft of 8gauge. This has been my understanding of voltage drop through a distance of wire. Someone correct me if I am wrong here.

 

well these interruptions will be very minor. i doubt you'll notice at all. how else will these people with multiple amps wire their car?