Wiring Guage

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Printed Date: June 02, 2024 at 12:56 PM

Topic: Wiring Guage

Posted By: davis87
Subject: Wiring Guage
Date Posted: August 02, 2005 at 10:53 AM

I have an amp that says to not use no less than 4 guage for the power and ground. Would I be able to run 4 guage to the fuse block and then run 8 guage to the amp.

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Posted By: geepherder
Date Posted: August 02, 2005 at 11:04 AM

If you do that you would be bottlenecking the power at the point of the 8 gauge. Just run 4 gauge direct to the amp. If you have more than one amp, you could always run 2 or 1 gauge back, and split it off into a couple 4 gauge leads.

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