1/0 guage or 2 guage
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Forum Name: Car Audio
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Printed Date: June 08, 2024 at 3:33 AM
Topic: 1/0 guage or 2 guage
Posted By: NeXeA500
Subject: 1/0 guage or 2 guage
Date Posted: November 24, 2002 at 8:11 AM
Go for 2
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Posted By: NyxBass
Date Posted: November 24, 2002 at 1:58 PM
The gauge of teh wire won't determine how fast or hard your battery/alternaotor is drained/taxed. That myth is spawned because, if you are running a system that has enough power draw to require 1/0 gauge wire, you probably are going to be working over the output iof a stock atlernator. I think with your system you would be alright running a correctly fused 2ga wire.
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/NyxBass
Posted By: jagershack
Date Posted: February 26, 2003 at 7:27 PM
bigger the wire just means less resistance, between the two sizes i agree w/ nyxbass
Posted By: esmith69
Date Posted: February 26, 2003 at 8:13 PM
Completely agree with NyxBass--1/0 gauge is overkill for anything with stock alternators. Get 2 gauge, it's cheaper and easier to route throughout a vehicle.
Posted By: Durango9
Date Posted: March 11, 2003 at 8:10 PM
I agree with you, but what if you are runnning an amp such as the MTX81000D With a minimum input of 1/0. For the power and the ground. Then what, a bigger alternator?
Posted By: esmith69
Date Posted: March 11, 2003 at 9:58 PM
Does the amp specifically say "do not use any gauge power cable smaller than 1/0"? Or does it just happen to have terminals that will accept up to 1/0 gauge?
Posted By: Big Purds
Date Posted: March 12, 2003 at 2:51 AM
I cant recall the last time I used anything but 1/0...
big is cool...just ask your girlfriends ;)
Posted By: bberman1
Date Posted: March 12, 2003 at 9:17 AM
The amp actually says don’t use any thing less than 1/0 gauge And if your going to spend the time and money your better off just running a 1/0 instead of a 2 gauge to begin with. On all of my installs I always go a gauge above to leave room for future upgrades.
Posted By: esmith69
Date Posted: March 12, 2003 at 1:25 PM
Okie dokie then go by what the manual says. I guess it is a good idea to plan for the future. I forgot that the amp is just for bass, and therefore you might want a 4-channel amp for the speakers at some point. hahahaha good point big purds, though there is also such a thing as being TOO big....
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