What king of wiring do i need....

I am going to have 2 rockford 12 inch HX2 subs, a rockford 800.2 amp 4 infinity speakers 4x6 in front and 6x9 in middle... and an amp for those speakers... what kind of wires will i need, as in guage and all the good stuff...

 

There's a question about this just a little ways down the board........

Just cause I'm a nice guy.....and X-mas, and all that stuff......here........

Go here...... http://www.aceelectronics.org/Specs.htm


AJ

 

man, that was a really thoughtful thing .. i love x-mas..
i usuall never go below 8 guage on power wire, or 14 guage on the speakers, thats the thinnest ill run.

 

You would be fine to run a single 4awg wire from the battery to the general amp location and then split it to 8awg into each amp. Be sure to fuse under the hood before the firewall.

You can either use a fused distrobution block or a straight distrobution block if your amps have built in protection (fuses) at the amp side of the run.

Also you will want to match with a 4awg ground wire split from a distrobution block as well into 8awg for each amp.

As far as speaker wire, 14-16awg is usually more than adaquate.

Remote wire, 16-18awg should be plenty as well. My suggestion would be to go pick up a multi-amp kit from someone like accell, metra, monster, etc... This should have everything you need except the speaker wire.

 

Thx for your help, i wasnt going to install this myself cause i dont have the time here, and its freezing all day to do anything for that long.

I am going to have it done at an audio store, i just wanted to make sure they use good wiring, i dont want no cheap *** job... I am probably gonna stay with the guy while he installs, so this will help me make sure everything goes well.

 

FYI, unless your installer has really lax store policy, generally they will not let customers into the shop for more than a few minutes.

Honestly, I would not hover as that drives installers absolutely nuts. Just trust them and follow up on the car before you take it home. If there is something you don't like, tell them to fix it before you take the car out of the shop.

Make sure that your salesman or installer and yourself are on the same page before they even take the car.

 

This guy was really nice and we took the time to go over everything. I just need to explain how the amps will be put in... I dont want them just sitting on top of the trunk, i want them mounted in...