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I have a JBL BP1200.1 (1200rms) that is going to be running two Audiobahn Flame-Q AW1206T subs (1100rms/each). I can only use 4 gauge wiring with my amplifier, so which one of these would be my best bet? Is there really a difference between the Phoenix Digital kit for a cent and the Fosgate one for $50+? Thank-you!

mayhem

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those are good prices, but if your in the mississauga area try a place i use A&A electronics on matheson blvd just off dixie. you can get 4ga for a buck a foot, and their fuse holder`s around 5 bucks. check it out.

pgmaniac

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A sure bet between the two, would probably be quality of the wire, and fuse holders. As well, if it comes with RCA's those affect sound quality too. I wouldnt recommend you totally cheap out on the wire.

Brad-S.A.

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Well you can bet with the fosgate kit your 4 gauge power wire will actully be 4 gauge and with the Phoenix digital will be smaller. The cheaper kits tend to measure wire thinkness by the O.D. not the copper portion. Thats a nice big amp. I personally would not put on an amp kit from a company that makes there biggest amp 400wrms-600wrms. You have a quality amp and now you have to feed it. Feed it good. or at least a little better then the PD kit.

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Rockford Fosgate's wiring only handles up to 800 watts though. Is StreetWires a reputable company? This auction looks like the best choice at the moment. I would go to A&A Electronics but I want the best wiring I can get, at the most affordable prices. Plus, I prefer "kits" since everything required for the installation is included - all I have to do is take it to the installer then.

Brad-S.A.

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Ya personally for the amp I would say 2 gauge.

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I can only use a 4 gauge amplifier installation kit.

Brad-S.A.

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OK well some times you can squeeze 2 gauge in and if you want to check I can send you a peice to try to see if it will fit. But the RF kit will work fine. Im looking at a chart right now and from 16-19ft of 4 gauge will handle from 105-125amps which equates to 1000-1250wrms. Just stay away from the lest expensive kits.

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Yup, but the StreetWires kit claims it can handle up to 1000 watts - will it handle an extra 200 watts that my system throws at it? On the other hand, Rockford Fosgate's kit handles only 800 watts. I was hoping to find someone in Ontario that can properly get the wiring, do the installation and then just give me the bill; but I can't trust BestBuy/Futureshop with my system.

Brad-S.A.

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WATTS specs. on an amp kit mean absolutly nothing. Its Amperage you should be worried about. And if Stinger or street wires makes a 4 gauge kit and so does rockford fosgate and its true 4 gauge wire they will both perform the same. RF makes some potent amps man. There not going to make a crappy kit. 1200watts and they don't tell you if its rms or peak and a 1200rms amp from JBL is different then a 1200rms Pyle. You know what I mean? An indication of Wattage on a amp kit has so many varibles. You just asked if there was a big difference between the two. If it were me this is what I would do.


Run 2 gauge from the battery into a 125-140 amp breaker and 2 gauge from the breaker all the way to the rear of the vehicle to a fuse block then run 4 awg to the amp. If the amp only excepts 4 then put in the shortest lenth of 4 possible and 2 for the rest. Four feet of 4 gauge can handle much more power then twenty feet.