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Is speaker wire the same thing as power wire???,,would like to use it for speakers

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Old 07-16-2003, 05:03 PM
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IS speaker wire the same thing as power wire...or is there some difference? Reason being, I would love to use some of my extra phoenix gold 8 guage power wire that I have sitting around from my monoblock amp to my subs.
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Old 07-16-2003, 06:36 PM
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Yes they are different. I believe that they both have different resistance. The speaker has more than the power.

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Old 07-16-2003, 06:55 PM
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Power wire will be fine. Copper is copper.
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you will be fine, use what you have
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hey, nice Sig... seems complete.....he he he
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Old 07-16-2003, 10:07 PM
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Originally posted by Mr. Marco:
hey, nice Sig... seems complete.....he he he
hehe you know it son
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Well I think 8 is gonna be overkill for my application...so I am just gonna be cheap for now and stick with the 12 gauge.
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well 12 AWG is overkill for most applications...
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