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9th July 2008, 13:23
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Originally Posted by Coonper
Get a pic up and put it next to a penny or something.
In fact, the whole thing should be about the same diameter as a penny, inc insulation.
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dont look that thick lol.. maybe it is 8awg.. hmm
ill get on to cad at some point 
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some lad pulled up a type R, and had a sticker on the back. If it ain't jap it's crap. I thought what a bender
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9th July 2008, 13:26
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some lad pulled up a type R, and had a sticker on the back. If it ain't jap it's crap. I thought what a bender
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9th July 2008, 13:29
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Theres only 16awg speaker cable too... No good for 1kw tbh.
Send the fooker back! Lol
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9th July 2008, 13:33
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Theres only 16awg speaker cable too... No good for 1kw tbh.
Send the fooker back! Lol
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agreed.. was planning to buy a meter of 10awg speaker wire anyways.. its only like £3 from most places
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some lad pulled up a type R, and had a sticker on the back. If it ain't jap it's crap. I thought what a bender
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9th July 2008, 13:36
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is awg the gauge ?
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9th July 2008, 13:37
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yeah!.
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some lad pulled up a type R, and had a sticker on the back. If it ain't jap it's crap. I thought what a bender
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9th July 2008, 13:39
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agreed.. was planning to buy a meter of 10awg speaker wire anyways.. its only like £3 from most places
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10 gauge is probably overkill tbh mate. Lol
Some good quality OFC 12 gauge is about right for subs. You have to remember, the cable isnt carrying a current, so it wont get hot, or put under any real stress.
Ive got TONS of 4 gauge! but none of the lengths are any longer than about 1 metre. But if you ever need any shortish lengths of 4 gauge look no further! I have about 50 half metre lengths of the stuff! A binbag full of it! Lol
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9th July 2008, 13:39
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looks like 4awg to me is the insulation thin cos i have 3 diffrent types of 4awg in my car the wire is the same just different thickness of insulation so some look thicker than others
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9th July 2008, 13:41
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lol nice one coonper.. if the build goes ahead with two spl subs.. will probly have 0awg running to the boot, then dizzy block for couple 4awg lengths to each sub
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some lad pulled up a type R, and had a sticker on the back. If it ain't jap it's crap. I thought what a bender
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9th July 2008, 13:41
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Originally Posted by liam_b
looks like 4awg to me is the insulation thin cos i have 3 diffrent types of 4awg in my car the wire is the same just different thickness of insulation so some look thicker than others
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good point.. havnt looked too much, but insulation looks thin on it
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some lad pulled up a type R, and had a sticker on the back. If it ain't jap it's crap. I thought what a bender
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9th July 2008, 13:41
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Originally Posted by Coonper
10 gauge is probably overkill tbh mate. Lol
Some good quality OFC 12 gauge is about right for subs. You have to remember, the cable isnt carrying a current, so it wont get hot, or put under any real stress.
Ive got TONS of 4 gauge! but none of the lengths are any longer than about 1 metre. But if you ever need any shortish lengths of 4 gauge look no further! I have about 50 half metre lengths of the stuff! A binbag full of it! Lol |
i paid a tenner yestoday for 2 metters of 4gauge to finish of the big 3
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9th July 2008, 13:43
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Originally Posted by AshleyPrigmore
lol nice one coonper.. if the build goes ahead with two spl subs.. will probly have 0awg running to the boot, then dizzy block for couple 4awg lengths to each sub
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What i did was have a run of 0 awg from the battery to the boot, into a fused dizzy block, then 4 awg out to my jbl amp, and 8 gauge to my 4 channel amp and 4 gauge earth from each amp. With 12 gauge speaker cable to all my speakers throughout the whole car, inc subs. I used stinger RCA's too.
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9th July 2008, 13:49
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whats a dizzy block. sorry for interupting.
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9th July 2008, 13:52
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distribution block.. has inputs and outputs
basically.. 1 wire in. 2 wires out
just splits the current from 1 wire into several
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some lad pulled up a type R, and had a sticker on the back. If it ain't jap it's crap. I thought what a bender
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9th July 2008, 13:54
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whats a dizzy block. sorry for interupting.
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one of these best to get a fused one as its safer
http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/dyna...on-p-5573.html
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9th July 2008, 13:58
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ok cool thanks
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9th July 2008, 14:01
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i had the same problem 2 1 of my kicker subs got it resoldered at wrk. wrks as good as new still 2 
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9th July 2008, 14:06
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so if you have 2 amps, u use a dizzy block so that you dont have to run two cables from the front of the car to the back. another question, where do you connect the power to at the front of the car? surely you dont directly connect to the battery?
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9th July 2008, 14:08
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so if you have 2 amps, u use a dizzy block so that you dont have to run two cables from the front of the car to the back. another question, where do you connect the power to at the front of the car? surely you dont directly connect to the battery?
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wire from battery to boot into dizzy block.. 2 wires from dizzy block into each amp
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some lad pulled up a type R, and had a sticker on the back. If it ain't jap it's crap. I thought what a bender
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9th July 2008, 14:08
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Quote:
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i paid a tenner yestoday for 2 metters of 4gauge to finish of the big 3
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forgot to ask.. how hard is it changing the big 3?
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some lad pulled up a type R, and had a sticker on the back. If it ain't jap it's crap. I thought what a bender
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