bridging thick wires into small terminal?

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Forum Name: Car Audio
Forum Discription: Car Stereos, Amplifiers, Crossovers, Processors, Speakers, Subwoofers, etc.
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Topic: bridging thick wires into small terminal?

Posted By: PuppyDawg
Subject: bridging thick wires into small terminal?
Date Posted: June 14, 2005 at 11:59 AM

Just curious....

How do you guys go about bridging thick speaker wires into a terminal that's too small? Thanks in advance....just wanting to know different approaches towards this....

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Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: June 14, 2005 at 12:03 PM

Use smaller speaker wire... in a car there is really no need to use speaker wire larger than 16 gage in any case, unless it's simply for looks.

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Posted By: PuppyDawg
Date Posted: June 14, 2005 at 12:17 PM

DYohn] wrote:

se smaller speaker wire... in a car there is really no need to use speaker wire larger than 16 gage in any case, unless it's simply for looks.

really?...interesting...another question....what if these speakers are 2 15" MTX Thunders (8000 Series)? same theory? thanks man!

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Posted By: oonikfraleyoo
Date Posted: June 14, 2005 at 12:28 PM

He did say any case didn't he? posted_image

Unless your 1000+ watt amp is under the hood and your speakers are in the trunk then never.

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Posted By: PuppyDawg
Date Posted: June 14, 2005 at 12:31 PM

coo...thank you gentlemen....i appreciate it..

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Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: June 14, 2005 at 12:47 PM

Same theory.

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Posted By: Poormanq45
Date Posted: June 14, 2005 at 3:36 PM

The theory is right about not generally having to use anything larger then 16gauge, but I personally prefer to use 12 or 14.

This is probably becasue I'm so used to working with home stereos where the runs can be rather long.

Just be safe, go with 14gauge, it's only $1 more at walmart

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Posted By: Alpine Guy
Date Posted: June 14, 2005 at 8:17 PM

i run 2400 wrms through 14 awg......, no problemo's.

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