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How much feet of wire did you buy?

Discussion in 'Audio & Video' started by Ihatetacomas, May 3, 2015.

  1. May 3, 2015 at 1:30 PM
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    Ihatetacomas

    Ihatetacomas [OP] Because tacomas hate me

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    Such as speaker wire and power/ground wire.

    I'm planning on either placing my amps by my sub (which would shake the sh*t out of them) or under my seats, which means I'd have to protect them somehow... Anyways, I measured about 10 feet from the battery terminal to the rear, about 6 to the driver seat, then to compensate for 2 amps would make it 12-14 ft. so its not too tight.

    Oh and im using a distribution block, 1/0 to 4 ga, and the big 3 upgrade.

    How much wire did everyone use? I don't mind buying too much as long as I don't have rolls and rolls of wire I didn't use.
    Thanks in advance
     
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  2. May 4, 2015 at 10:38 AM
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    manethon

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    For power wire i cut lengths of 16 feet to allow for tolerance ( battery to the rear wall )
    4-5 feet for ground

    It also depends where your placing the D-blocks but as a general rule thats what i cut for clients

    Speaker wire i do 40 feet per door running active but again most people run passive cross overs so depending where you place the cross over it will shorten that length
     
  3. May 4, 2015 at 10:49 AM
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    Ihatetacomas

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    I probably want the distro block to be as close to the amps as possible, so I'm just spitballing here since I haven't actually checked to see if I can do this but right now I'm thinking if I'm going to put these amps under my seats that it should be as close to the middle, where the center console is, as possible. That way the 4 gauge runs are as symmetrical as possible, I'll pm you for more.
     

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