0awg or 4 awg wire??

[thekid93]

hey,
just wanting to find out what power wire would be best for my set up

running alpine
v power 600watt 4 channel powering
type r spilts and coaxs
v power 1000 watt mono powering
2 type r sub

atm i have a single kicker 4 awg wire going to boot and spilts off for both amps. wires probby about 18 feet long as well.

looking around at the box that kit came in. say it only powers 1000 watt?? with the total of both amps being 1600, would that mean its under power and needs more??

opinions please?

also where would i run the the 0 awg wire??
cars a vt s pack, maunal so cant use clutch place?

[aazn]

you should be able to get away with the single 4.

[thekid93]

will be going up to the new pdx 1100 wat mono and 600 4 channel soon too??

[sweefu]

Best to go with a 0awg run mate, then it will be fine for whatever you are doing/upgrading in the future (within reason)

[thekid93]

kk, any ideas where to run the cable without drilling?

opinions about this kit??

0AWG Amp Power Wiring Kit 2000W Max - eBay Accessories, Cables, Audio, Video, Car, Truck Parts, Cars, Bikes, Boats. (end time 13-Oct-10 12:35:15 AEDST)

[acarmody]

Automatic? Then use the clutch grommet. Just to the side and below the brake booster.

You may be able to save yourself money and buy welders flex. Its a lot cheaper and just as good, only downsides is that its not quite as flexible and not shiny colours, LOL.

[thekid93]

nopp not an auto, manual, beening looking it up and every one say clutch grommet,
doesnt help us manuals!

welder flex ay??

[acarmody]

Go to a welder supplies store and say you want to run 200amps at 14 volts through it and they will likely ask why your buying the small stuff. Probably about $15/metre

[Luke0011]

Doesn't sound right that your kicker kit can only supply 1000watts. 1000 watts of power draws at 14.4 volts 69.4 amps of current. 4 gauge wire that is 5 metres long can supply up to 150 amps of current.

Just because your amps are 1600 watts does not mean it will constantly draw that power. Music is AC signal constantly changing.

If your system is not shutting down then upgrading the wire is really not going to do much. I doubt you will notice any difference after upgrading other than bigger wire looks good.

It is very difficult to run 0 gauge wire through the main engine harness to the left of the brake booster in the engine bay. It is possible but highly likely you will damage the existing wire trying to cut or drill a hole through the rubber grommet.

I would drill a new hole next to the clutch hole from inside the car and use a new rubber grommet. Easiest and quickest way.

[thekid93]

KICKER 4 GAUGE 4-CH AMPLIFIER WIRING INSTALLATION KIT - eBay Accessories, Cables, Audio, Video, Car, Truck Parts, Cars, Bikes, Boats. (end time 13-Oct-10 21:26:28 AEDST)

thats the kicker kit i have, say on the front "1000 watt max power"

opinions on that 0 awg kit above too please?

[Luke0011]

Automatic? Then use the clutch grommet. Just to the side and below the brake booster.

You may be able to save yourself money and buy welders flex. Its a lot cheaper and just as good, only downsides is that its not quite as flexible and not shiny colours, LOL.

Im not sure if welders flex has the same amount of strands a car audio power wire does but i think car audio wire has more strands than any other type of wire because it improves
transient response faster. Transient response in electrical terms is the time it takes to reach a certain voltage to another voltage. So the quicker the voltage changes or more specifically
in relation to a car audio system the quicker the voltage recovers or increase when a huge bass note is produced improves damping. This is a desirable character of multi stranded wire because
transient response also has a relationship to damping which improves sound quality. Electrical damping of an amplifier as well as the loudspeaker having its own damping factor is the ability to control the movement of the cone of a loudspeaker. The quicker control of the speaker cone improves the accuracy of the sound.

So if welders flex is not as multi stranded as car audio wire then it cannot be just as good?