Amplifier Wire Sizes?

 When wiring up my amps this week I used #10 wire to run the +12v power from the battery. (That's what the instructions that came with the amp recommended) Unfortunatly, when I went to run the ground I didn't have enough of the #10 left, but I had some #8 and I used that for the ground. I am a complete novice at this and have been reading on the internet that you should use the same gauge wire for both the power and the ground. Am I in danger of damaging my amps?

Peace,

John

 Thanks Jon. I don't guess it will be a problem then. I'm using 2 channels of a 4x100 watt amp to run two 6" speakers and a 250 watt amp to run a 10" sub.

Peace,

John

You will need at least an 8 gauge power and ground. If you have 400 watts +250 that’s 650 total. You can take a look at the 12 volts chart. https://www.the12volt.com/info/recwirsz.asp But in choosing a cable size always leave room for future upgrades.

  Will it make a difference that I ran a seperate power and ground wire for each amp? The only wire the amps are "sharing" right now is the remote. Also, would it matter that  I'm only using 2 of the channels on the 4 channel amp?

Peace,

John

your ground should always be at least the same size as your positive lead, if not bigger...

if you ran separate power wires the 10 ga should be sufficient...and the 8 ga ground is good...it works out better this way than the other way around...it is better that they are separated in this instance...at the utmost, it will not cause any harm to your system...

 Thanks guys I appreciate the quick answers.

John