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Silver Member Username: HootzSaskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada Post Number: 128 Registered: Oct-05 | I've got an mrd-m1005 and a mrv-f345. They'll be putting out about 1400 rms combined, and I'm just going to run one power cable to the back to a dist. block, then run 4 guage to each amp. Should I just run 2 guage from the battery, or go with 1 or 0? I'd like to go a little bigger in case I add another sub amp down the road, or upgrade. Is there any drawbacks to using too big of a wire for the application? |
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Bronze Member Username: ___Pittsburgh, PA U.S.A. Post Number: 66 Registered: Mar-06 | 4 ga will work fine. |
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Silver Member Username: Goose5714Post Number: 290 Registered: Feb-06 | ^^^ 4 ga isn't quite enough, 1100 watts for a 15 foot run is the upper limit of 4 gauge, go with 2 guage or 1/0, and no too big of wire shouldn't hurt anything. |
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Gold Member Username: B101Queen City, NC USA Post Number: 1494 Registered: Sep-05 | if u upgrading in the future, run 0ga.. |
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Platinum Member Username: GlasswolfWisteria, Lane USA Post Number: 11336 Registered: Dec-03 | http://www.the12volt.com/info/recwirsz.asp |
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Silver Member Username: HootzSaskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada Post Number: 129 Registered: Oct-05 | Alright cool. How big of a fuse do you think I should go with? |
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Gold Member Username: B101Queen City, NC USA Post Number: 1518 Registered: Sep-05 | look at that page again: http://www.the12volt.com/info/recwirsz.asp the maximum current (amps) that the wire sizes can pass... then use any fuse bellow the max amps the wire can pass, you will be ok.. ex 0ga 350, 300a fuse is ok. |