sub wire
03-19-2007, 04:20 PM
#1
sub wire
if you had 8g wire would you use it for your sub wire
bye doing this i have less then a 0.01 drop ,so i would have full power of the amp or is this over kill (like killing a rat with a tank)
bye doing this i have less then a 0.01 drop ,so i would have full power of the amp or is this over kill (like killing a rat with a tank)
03-19-2007, 04:40 PM
#3
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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Originally Posted by zzzzzzz
if you had 8g wire would you use it for your sub wire
bye doing this i have less then a 0.01 drop ,so i would have full power of the amp or is this over kill (like killing a rat with a tank)
bye doing this i have less then a 0.01 drop ,so i would have full power of the amp or is this over kill (like killing a rat with a tank)
03-19-2007, 05:20 PM
#4
Do the math. If subs are 4 ohm, wire is .01 ohm you're losing a wopping .25% in the wire. Yes, that's 1/4 of 1%. 
So, if you have 1000 wrms at full volume, you're losing 2-1/2 watts in the wire.
So, IF you olny had 14 ga. and IF it measured .04 ohm, you'd loose a horrendous 10 watts. Oh Nooooo.
Do you really think anybody can tell the difference between 990 and 997-1/2 watts?
I used 10 gauge on my subs. Just because i could.
Feel free to change the numbers to 2 or even 1 ohm, do the math, see what happens.....
So, if you have 1000 wrms at full volume, you're losing 2-1/2 watts in the wire.
So, IF you olny had 14 ga. and IF it measured .04 ohm, you'd loose a horrendous 10 watts. Oh Nooooo.
Do you really think anybody can tell the difference between 990 and 997-1/2 watts?
I used 10 gauge on my subs. Just because i could.
Feel free to change the numbers to 2 or even 1 ohm, do the math, see what happens.....
