Stereo & Electronics - amp witing kit...

i kinda rigged up me 4ga to run my 8ga amp...so im goana get a new kit 8ga

im also getting a 5 channel amp...

this is kinda gay but...

i was looking on ebay and im kinda perticular but i want one with a red/blue power wire...black ground of course...and i dont car about the signal wires im going to use my current ones for the sub and to turn on the amp...(they ahve a 3rd wire in the middle) the signal wires with the kit need to not have the 3rd wire....speaker wire can be whatever...anyone have a kit that matches what i want or have bought one before that would match what i want?

RECAP
red/blue power wire...black ground
ignal wires with the kit need to not have the 3rd wire
speaker wire can be whatever...

u dont really need a amp wiring kit if you can find the color wires u want in the right gauge and a good thickness of the protecting wire. just pay for foot (home depot, local store) but then again y do u care about the wire color when a good install youll see maybe one foot of wire

Use a distribution block with 4ga in and 8ga out if your amp won't accept 4 gauge. The bigger the gauge, the better.

stereo shops have all that diff size and color on spools

yea but 8 ga is a 1$ a foot...on ebay you can get ia all for 17 bux or so...its cheaper to get a whole kit....

For what it's worth...I ran 4 gauge to the back of my car to a distribution block...my amps want 8 gauge...but this way I can power more than one amp off the same wire to the battery, makes for a cleaner install

The thicker gauges of wire that are sold at home improvement stores is for residential electrical 120/220 volt AC...not 12V DC automotive applications. Most of them do not carry automotive wire. The speaker wire they sell can be used assuming it is the right gauge.

^^I'm not sure how much of a difference that makes (I'm no electrical engineer or anything though), but I know a lot of wires made for houses doesn't use as many strands, which won't hold up in an automotive environment anyway.

Use a distribution block with 4ga in and 8ga out if your amp won't accept 4 gauge. The bigger the gauge, the better.

That's the way to go. The 4 gauge is better and it would be a waste to rip your car apart for some new wire.

The thicker gauges of wire that are sold at home improvement stores is for residential electrical 120/220 volt AC...not 12V DC automotive applications. Most of them do not carry automotive wire. The speaker wire they sell can be used assuming it is the right gauge.

Home wire is typically solid, which makes it less flexible, but wire is wire as far as will it work goes

i kinda rigged up me 4ga to run my 8ga amp...so im goana get a new kit 8ga

im also getting a 5 channel amp...

this is kinda gay but...

i was looking on ebay and im kinda perticular but i want one with a red/blue power wire...black ground of course...and i dont car about the signal wires im going to use my current ones for the sub and to turn on the amp...(they ahve a 3rd wire in the middle) the signal wires with the kit need to not have the 3rd wire....speaker wire can be whatever...anyone have a kit that matches what i want or have bought one before that would match what i want?

RECAP
red/blue power wire...black ground
ignal wires with the kit need to not have the 3rd wire
speaker wire can be whatever...

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SQ600X GL Series KIT CONTENTS
17 ft Translucent RED 8 Gauge Power Wire
20 ft Speaker Wire Black
3 ft Ground Wire Translucent BLACK
17 ft Translucent Red Twisted RCA Interconnect
16 ft Remote Turn On Wire: Blue
1 pc Waterproof AGU Fuse Holder Included with 60 Amp fuse
5 ft Black Flex Loom Tubing
2 pcs Gold Plated Ring Terminals
2 pcs Gold Plated Spade Terminals
2 pcs Splice connectors
10 pcs 4" Black Cable Ties

Home wire is typically solid, which makes it less flexible, but wire is wire as far as will it work goes

Absolutely incorrect.

Stranded wire carries more current with less resistance than the same size solid wire. Not to mention that (unless you live in California) the walls of your house don't move or vibrate like an automotive environment. Solid wire is used in homes because it's cheaper.

Stranded wire carries more current with less resistance than the same size solid wire. Not to mention that (unless you live in California) the walls of your house don't move or vibrate like an automotive environment. Solid wire is used in homes because it's cheaper.

No, stranded wire has slightly higher (negligible, really) resistance because it's not as dense. And don't say skin effect because there is none at DC.

Go off this chart .. http://www.the12volt.com/info/recwirsz.asp .

Figure the rms power that one power wire is supporting / length of run = reccomended gauge size .

No, stranded wire has slightly higher (negligible, really) resistance because it's not as dense. And don't say skin effect because there is none at DC.Oops, my bad. I work so much with data transmission that I forgot that skin effect doesn't apply to DC circuits. Still, the flexibilty and vibration resistance makes stranded wire the best choice for automotive applications.