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Old Nov 28, 2005 | 10:23 PM
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i counted 8 runs of each.

this is in a street/stock class vehicle

Old Nov 28, 2005 | 10:29 PM
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you'll only need that much wire if you're running like 15,000 watts... right bigbubba
Old Nov 28, 2005 | 11:39 PM
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Thats just wrong...........!!

Why not use a bigger gauge cable to start off with ??????

Somebody did a serious sales job on that deal........yeah, lets see.........you need 8 runs of 8ga. power cable........yeah, thats it !!!

You could power a frickin' nuclear power plant with that much cable !!
Old Nov 28, 2005 | 11:46 PM
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Originally posted by Lessy:
you'll only need that much wire if you're running like 15,000 watts... right bigbubba
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Old Nov 28, 2005 | 11:52 PM
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thats awesome , lets seperate the boy from the men

thats some nice cable looks like Kicker stuff
Old Nov 29, 2005 | 03:05 AM
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Originally posted by G-MONEY:
Thats just wrong...........!!

Why not use a bigger gauge cable to start off with ??????

Somebody did a serious sales job on that deal........yeah, lets see.........you need 8 runs of 8ga. power cable........yeah, thats it !!!

You could power a frickin' nuclear power plant with that much cable !!
It Could be 4,2 or even 0 gauge for all we know [img]smile.gif[/img] What amps are you running ??????
Old Nov 29, 2005 | 03:12 AM
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Originally posted by G-MONEY:
you need 8 runs of 8ga. power cable........yeah, thats it !!!
Sure looks like it's a touch bigger than 8 AWG. come to think of it, that red cable seen appears to be 8, or 6 AWG...

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Old Nov 29, 2005 | 07:15 AM
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looks to be 1/0... not too bad. I have some more here if you need it.. it's 4/0 though!
Old Nov 29, 2005 | 07:40 AM
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the power cable in the picture is of 1/0 gauge size, not 8 gauge



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