speaker wire gauge

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Topic: speaker wire gauge

Posted By: 94bonny
Subject: speaker wire gauge
Date Posted: August 27, 2003 at 8:50 PM

i got a 400 watt 8 gauge wiring kit for my new sub and amp but it did not come with speaker wire to attatche the sub to the amp, if my sub is going to be handling 400 watts rms what gauge speaker wire will i need to connect the sub to the amp. your help is appreciated.

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Posted By: nedgeworth
Date Posted: August 27, 2003 at 9:17 PM

You will be fine with anything from 10 gauge to 16g. I would lean more towards using 12 but it depends on what sort of connections your sub has.

Posted By: MAXST
Date Posted: August 27, 2003 at 9:19 PM

12 is a pretty good size.

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Posted By: Sebastian018
Date Posted: August 27, 2003 at 10:26 PM

I would Use 10 or 12 gauge size.....

Posted By: Ketel22
Date Posted: August 27, 2003 at 10:52 PM

12ga can be used for most everything

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Posted By: wizzle
Date Posted: August 28, 2003 at 1:08 AM

just to jump on the bandwagon, i almost always use 12 gauge. that would be totally sufficient.

Posted By: troysnx
Date Posted: August 28, 2003 at 5:17 AM

If you have 600 watts rms running to a sub, woluld 12 ga still be sufficent enough?

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