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Does 4 gauge wire work for a 1800 watt amp? |
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Highland J
Joined: Sep 08 2006 Posts: 657 Location: ND, Land of the covered wagons and wheat.  2003 Toyota Highlander Last updated: 09/14/08 |
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Thu Oct 01, 2009 5:56 pm
This question is from my cousin and i told him id figure it out.
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zanson
Joined: Feb 28 2007 Posts: 871 2006 Scion tC Last updated: 10/05/09 |
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Thu Oct 01, 2009 6:03 pm
http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/amps-wire-gauge-d_730.html
check that out. tells the max amps per AWG |
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bad venge
Joined: Jul 28 2007 Posts: 1602 1998 Dodge Avenger Last updated: 05/18/09 |
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Thu Oct 01, 2009 6:20 pm
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SuBXeRo
Joined: Oct 31 2003 Posts: 1856 Location: River Edge New Jersey and ASU 1996 Infiniti I30 Last updated: 07/23/08 2008 Nissan Altima Last updated: 08/12/09 |
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Tue Oct 06, 2009 4:45 pm
Id go with 2 awg min but tbh, id go with 0 awg. Another thing is, look at what gauge the amp will take, if it takes 4 gauge, 2 or 0 just isnt gonna fit.
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Aken
Joined: Feb 12 2003 Posts: 9415 |
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Tue Oct 06, 2009 5:33 pm
It would probably work, chances are you aren't pushing the amp anywhere near 1800 watts anyway.
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09MitsuLancer
Joined: Sep 06 2009 Posts: 25 |
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Tue Oct 06, 2009 10:13 pm
Is it 1800 RMS or 1800MAX? Two completely different things here which would help you a lot and help you figure it out with those sites that were provided for you.
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Tat2Dragons
Joined: Jan 21 2007 Posts: 2103 Location: Baltimore Maryland 2003 Honda Element Last updated: 09/21/07 |
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Wed Oct 07, 2009 12:30 pm
That's not big of a deal,most people will simple use a distribution block which has larger gauge input connections and smaller gauge output connections. On my last system I had 1/0 from the battery to my distribution block and then just a very short run of 4 gauge to my amplifiers power input which was 4 gauge. Also if you don't want to use a distribution block,it's common to simply use a reducer. Such as this. 
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