Determine The Right Guage Wire
 

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I've been seeing questions about this lately so I'm deciding to post this up.


Big thanks to Shon at ROE for hosting this.

RE: Determine The Right Guage Wire
 

ooooo nice find

RE: Determine The Right Guage Wire
 

what if i have more power than displayed on the chart?

RE: Determine The Right Guage Wire
 

Multiple runs of 1/0, or step up to 2/0, 4/0.

RE: Determine The Right Guage Wire
 

So the longer the cable the higher Gauge you should use?I didnt know that.

RE: Determine The Right Guage Wire
 

longer lengths of wire equal more resistance. To counter act the resistance, a larger wire is used.

RE: Determine The Right Guage Wire
 

is it better to get a bigger gauge? just because u can?

RE: Determine The Right Guage Wire
 

always good to get bigger cable if you plan on upgrading in the future. get as big as you can afford.

RE: Determine The Right Guage Wire
 

so for my amp do i go by the total watts or the rms

RE: Determine The Right Guage Wire
 

total rms of the system.