Good gauge wire for door speakers

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Topic: Good gauge wire for door speakers

Posted By: hellyhans
Subject: Good gauge wire for door speakers
Date Posted: October 11, 2005 at 11:17 PM

Ok, well I got alpine 6.5 in the doors and rear.. they give 40W RMS.. what would be a good gauge wire for speakers??
My OEM car wires I find are 2 thin
Thanks

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Posted By: dwarren
Date Posted: October 11, 2005 at 11:26 PM

https://www.the12volt.com/installbay/forum_posts.asp?tid=22002&KW=speaker+wire+size

There are a few more threads on this, do a search with "speaker wire size"

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Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: October 12, 2005 at 3:49 PM

Here's a good one that I posted recently. It also has additional useful calculators, as well...

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It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."

Posted By: steezs
Date Posted: November 06, 2005 at 12:10 AM

they say 16 is good enough there are some calculators stock wiring is good enough unless real old saves time too.
https://www.bcae1.com/images/swfs/speakerwireselectorassistant.swf

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