Audio power wire gauge

Putting in a sound system. I've got everything wired up, one sub is in the mail so the box isnt in yet, just worried the power wire is too small. It's from a single 10" sub I had with a 1000w amp.
It's 10g, will need to hold 2x10" 550w subs and the 1000w amp.

Should I go get a smaller gauge?

 

If your talking the amp to speaker connection 10 gauge is fine. If your talking battery to amp it should be probably a 4gauge if it is 1000 watts rms. If it is 1000 watts max you could probably get a way with 8 gauge battery to amp power wire. Hope this helps.

 

2 gauge is what i would use

 

seema about 80+ amps....

 

1/0 gauge ftw

 

10 guage is going to get HOT-I would use 6 guage or better. You do not want to catch fire.
Bigger is BETTER--LOL

 

you're going to want to use at least 4 gauge

 

Cool, thanks guys! I'm gonna go with 4g.

 

Subs are 275w rms each...

 

Whats the specs on your amp (FUSE SIZE)
(rms vs. max). Are you planning on adding an amp for your front speakers in the future. If so that should go into what size wire you should run.

 

Use 4g GOOD wire.. Don't buy any bullshit cheap stuff and spend the money to do it correctly. 1/0gauges is overkill for a small setup like that.