Myth about Guaged wire?
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50 Watt CAFz'r
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Originally Posted by methodman0666
you can run audio cbling under a car ........ now having said that its not a easy task to protect it and rto seal the holes where the wiring comes through.......... in a extreme circumstance ie a cut through in a truck and the amp rack is in the bed of the truck you kind of have to do that. but we have armored cover that we run everything in to to protect the cables.
Its definatly something a kid and a bucket of tools should not be atempting !
Its definatly something a kid and a bucket of tools should not be atempting !
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Originally Posted by masterstone
Took ur advice and spent the extra couple hours planning out how to get it through my firewall/interior. It actually worked out quite well I got it through with some other wiring under my glove compartment and under the plastic that covered the carpets ending and the door jam (or whichever) it worked perfectly.
Originally Posted by masterstone
So I have 2 12" subs, an amp and some 0 gauge on its way. I am going to run it through my frame/under the car. Since I work construction there are big rubber cords running around about 1 1/4" thick. I asked one of the sparky's for some advice about what I should put around my wiring (under my car) to protect it from heat/rocks/anything to make me buy more.
I told him about what I had ordered so he had somewhat of an idea what I was dealing with, and him and his lead hand laughed and talked about car audio being over rated, etc.
I was a little disappointed because I love loud music and **** anyone else (my usual opinion but they were helping me out so...)
Anyways, he ended up telling me that the guage of a wire doesn't matter.
I didn't think anything of it because I've melted/burnt some 10 guage and upgraded to 4 gauge and it fixed the problem.
1. I just want some re-assurance on this as I'm not the most experienced with electrical and car audio.
I told him about what I had ordered so he had somewhat of an idea what I was dealing with, and him and his lead hand laughed and talked about car audio being over rated, etc.
I was a little disappointed because I love loud music and **** anyone else (my usual opinion but they were helping me out so...)
Anyways, he ended up telling me that the guage of a wire doesn't matter.
I didn't think anything of it because I've melted/burnt some 10 guage and upgraded to 4 gauge and it fixed the problem.
1. I just want some re-assurance on this as I'm not the most experienced with electrical and car audio.
How old are these ****???
Why are you still working there,if they can't give you respect about your hobby and fun everytime you ask a question why put up with it.
You live in BC not Ont,theres a job on every corner that probly pays $12-15 unstead of $8.00-9.00 for the same thing out here.
50 Watt CAFz'r
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Originally Posted by masterstone
I'm a carpenter, wish I knew what you were both talking about.
This probably means he does site work - as in he does not work with the sparky's - the next site he goes to will have a different set of sparky's more often than not (in my experience anyways)
well i dont know how i fell onto this thread, but i had to run a few feet of my 4guage wire outside of my car.. all i did was run some PEX (plastic water pipe)..not to be confused with pvc or cpvc, and ran my wire through it to keep it out of harms way
for 0guage it would probably require 3/4" pex
for 0guage it would probably require 3/4" pex
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Originally Posted by moop
well i dont know how i fell onto this thread, but i had to run a few feet of my 4guage wire outside of my car.. all i did was run some PEX (plastic water pipe)..not to be confused with pvc or cpvc, and ran my wire through it to keep it out of harms way
for 0guage it would probably require 3/4" pex
for 0guage it would probably require 3/4" pex
Also yes I am a forming carpenter, I move site to site and form stairs and walls once in a while, stairs are nice and easy and pay very well.
As for why im stil there, and how old they are, probably mid 20s and I wrote about them in the ********.
There is another job on every corner, which is why I'm going up north to work for 35 an hour and 100 hour checks
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