What gauge for 2400 watt?

[Hondaguy123]

What gauge wiring do you think is needed for a 2400 watt amp??? :bow: :bow:
:stupid:

[Magny]

0/1

[k-roy]

How far does the wire have to run? As in how long does it need to be?

[pmip]

I would say 0 gauge off hand, but it is really determined by how far the wire will be run, how effecient the amp is (and if it is actually producing rated power), and to a much lesser degree if you have the stock alternator or an upgraded one. Basically, we need more info to provide you with an accurate answer.

[shepherd79]

wht kind amp do you have? who is it made by?
you probably will have ot run 1/0 gauge wire. since there are no 2gauge power wires for stereo istall. I think your install will be all custom made. you can't buy 1/0 gauge wire kit. go to your local audio store and i am not talking about Circuit City or Best Buy, i am talking about real performance audio store. Get yourself a price quote on wires. when i did my custom install. i bought all the wires and it cost me $150.

[PortugalFocus]

0g....... anything with 1600/1800 w and + I reccommend afatty 0g

[dXsquared]

its prolly a legacy 2400 watt lol... if it is, you need 4 gauge lol... and yes they do make 2 gauge power wire...

Travis

[shepherd79]

where did you see 2G wire.
i know Stinger doesn't make them.

[ivanfbi]

shepherd, how come did wires cost $150? how many gauge are they? Cuz I just bought 4g amp wiring kit for like $22 off eGay...

[ivanfbi]

Hey, hondaguay123, you need something like this http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=32810&item=3094305490&rd=1

[ivanfbi]

this wire is enough for both power cable and ground wire

[dXsquared]

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3093850279&category=32808

look shep... i have a roll of 100 ft of 2 gauge at work... we sell loads... we use it for multi amp systems.. 2 gauge to a distro block and 4 gauge outs

Travis

[AccordEpicenter]

yeah what kind/brand of amp is it? If its a legacy/boss/pyramid shitty amp you could get away with 8 gauge. If its a earthquake PHD2 or HiFonics Colossus then 0/1 gauge at least.

[shepherd79]

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3093850279&category=32808

look shep... i have a roll of 100 ft of 2 gauge at work... we sell loads... we use it for multi amp systems.. 2 gauge to a distro block and 4 gauge outs

Travis
damn, never seen 2G wire kit. i learn something everyday. that is cool.

Why it cost me $150. well, first i went to a dealer who sells stinger wires and assesories. i got 4G wire for power. 4G wire for the ground. plus i got a ton of gold plated connectors. i got gold plated battery connectors (don't have corrosion anymore). i got 3 Sets of Monster cable RCA and a full roll of Monster cable speaker wires. if you count all that it comes out to about $150 or even more. i lost the track after 2 visits to the store.
but yeah, i would say go with at least 2G if you have that much power, but i don't think your amp will push that much.

[AccordEpicenter]

If i were you id run stinger 1/0 ga wire/connectors... ive used streetwires, stinger, generic, scoshe (idk how u spell it) and a few others... Stinger is the best by far. Bigger is always better in that dept.

[Hondaguy123]

The Amp is a Rockford Fosgate 801s- (800RMS-->>>2400 MAX). Ihate to say this but I'm running this on my stock alternater & I'd need about 20 feet of wire. Currently I've got it running on 4 gauge ground & 4 gauge power wire--- Do you guys recommend upgrading???

[AccordEpicenter]

thatll suffice for now, i ran a 1200wrms 2400w max on 4g and its ok IF the grounds are good and youre not using distribution blox and using quality ring terminals. Son you need a hi amp rewount alt... im still running my 140amp rewound and its nice but wont make ANY power until you rev to 1500 but if youre crusing you wont get any dimming at all, even without caps. I would reccomend in the future somtime getting a 1farad cap, but in any event you need a bigger alt, the stock one wont last.

[shepherd79]

i highly recomend for you to upgrade the power and ground wires. 4G is minimum in your case. run 2G or 1/0 gauge to supply enough juice for that amp.

[POS carb]

that amp is 800 rms, 2400 is the peak, use 4 gauge if that's what u have but if you haven't bought it yet go for the 1/0 gauge or move your batt to the trunk. Also, you are going to need a better alt, I cooked 2 of them running 600 watt a/b amps, an 800 class d should pull about the same or at least a big ass cap

[Bryan]

4 gauge will be fine with just about everything.

[Magny]

Actually the more thicker the wire the better flow of electricity to the amp, kinda like a water hose. Take a garden hose and compare it to the fire hose. which one would flow more water???

Here is a sample picture I summed up:

http://www.geocities.com/magny_accord/flow_rate.gif

Imagine the top line as the garden hose and the bottom as the fire hose, but in the sense of thickness of the wires. The bottom one will obviously flow more cause it is bigger. So when you put it to the amp that wants more power while it is supplying it to the speakers, its gonna want more power (or electricity) to be supplied to the amp. I had an amp that was 500 watts and the wire that I got now is a 2 gauge and I ran it to that 500 watt no problem. Now that I got a 1200 watt amo, the 2 gauge isn't enough power to the amp, so I added a cap to store the power in there and ran a 0/1 from the cap to the dis block with a 4 gauge (2 foot length) from the dis block to the amp. I know you are gonna bring it up about the flow of electricity in a smaller line, but you need to realize that the shorter the distance, the less the amp has to pull for the power. So no drainage will be employed when this happens.

*NOTE* You may have to right click on the red X and hit show picture, it worked for me.

[AccordEpicenter]

the point is that bigger is better for cable size, i agree with shep that 4 gauge is the minimum required cable size.

[pmip]

Yeah, what everybody else said, bigger will be better. Especially since you're running the stock alternator, you'll want to create as little resistance as possible. And if you're planning on buying thicker wire, remember that welding places carry thick (0 gauge, 00, 2, etc.) oxygen-free wire for really cheap (25-50% of the price of car audio stores). The only differance is that they don't come in flashy colors and are a little stiffer to work with (a little harder to bend around turns in the car).