With this amp will I have to use 8 gauge or 4 gauge wires? I'm hooking it up to two alpine 12s
1058326
Are you talking about your power wires? If so I would definitely use 4 gauge for my ground with any amplifier you can use 6 or 8 gauge for the power cable
1058327
Typically, the heavier the gauge, the less resistance. 4 guage is probably overkill especially since the distance you'll be using is very short. 8 or even 10 should be totally sufficient.
1058328
If you have both wires try one and the other and see if there is a sound difference. Otherwise Google it.
363380
Should work perfectly fine with 2 gauge wire. They were a little tight with monster 0 gauge, which is a little oversized, but the allen bolts go all the way inside which should 2 gauge wire with no issues.
1096234
You can run it with any amp kit that has 8 gauge power and ground wires. This amp will also accept 4 gauge power and ground wires, and would be recommended if you're running powerful subwoofers.
1957857
The advice from Henry is what I'd say and do. 4 Channel amp adjusted to your liking should sound good.
982799
I always use 4gauge install kits. Your amp needs the same. The ground lead to the cars chassis must be a very good solid connection and the lead should be no more than 12" if possible. Cables at the cars battery need to be solid too, and your battery cables clean and tight always. Speaker wires should be 12guage for subwoofer-and +/- must be identical length from amp to speaker. Your speaker must be compatible in it's "ohms" rating with the amp's bridged ohms rating. Many amplifiers will not run 2 ohms bridged-you may have to change to a 4 ohm speaker or upgrade the amp to a 2 ohm stable model. Follow the instructions that came with the amp for +/- and especially for setting gain level. If you are driving a subwoofer, read it' s frequency specs closely. Adjust the variable crossover on the amp so that no amp output above say, 30hz is sent to the speaker. Very important! And high quality shielded RCA cables routed clear of all other wiring is a must. Finally, some larger subs drink your amplifiers output very quickly. If you hear heavy static popping sounds (clipping), you'll have to turn the amp gain down and after insuring all of the above are checked and properly installed and adjusted if you are still going into overload, the amp is suspect and may need replaced. Good luck!
1271930
I would go with at least a 4 gauge kit for that size of amp. This is more for a 300-400 watt range.
803687
You could use 8g but the amp can only intake a 10g. I just bought a 10g Rockford wiring kit as it extends the warranty on the amp from what i understood. Its a great amp by the way. Just mount in a area where it will get.air as it gets hot.
1354509
It depends on how large your 4 channel amp is. Check and add up the fuses in your amp, If it adds up less than 120A then you're good to go. If it is more you will need either solid copper 4 ga or a 2/0 guage kit.
183967
This amp is a 4 ohm amp you can use a dual 4 ohm spearker but you have to configure it in 8 ohm's
1867607
I can't necessarily say you must use an 8 gauge power cable but my amp was installed with an 8 gauge power cable.
1710102
should be 16 gauge, see link, http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/amps-wire-gauge-d_730.html, but i believe the warranty will be void if you alter the cables, check the warranty statement.
51817
If the amp is used just for the subs,I would suggest an amp kit with 8 gauge power wire.
1280767
4 gauge is best for power and ground, for your speakers, regular speaker wire. These wires are the same for most amps I've used.
1746310
Hello. We would recommend using a 4 gauge amplifier power cable, and a minimum of 16 gauge speaker wire for the subwoofers. If you are installing the amplifier further than 10 feet from the subwoofer, you will need to use a minimum of 12 gauge speaker wire.
45067
an 800 watt amp might be a little overkill to drive two of these. I run two of mine on a 400watt pyle marine amp and I can max them out. I just used a regular 16 gauge speaker wire. They sound great!
882239
First if you haven't bought 8awg speaker wire I would recommend not buying it, (http://www.audioholics.com/audio-video-cables/speaker-cable-gauge) for these reasons and the simple cost/difficulty finding compatible parts; secondly if you did buy 8 awg speaker wire because you've spent the equivalent of a new car on your speakers and receiver and wish to continue the trend I'd do some research and find a brad that is acutally designed for use with 8 awg, (http://www.avsforum.com/forum/28-tweaks-do-yourself/290438-where-buy-banana-plugs-accept-10-gauge-speaker-wire.html) 10 awg seemed to be the largest most audiophiles were going and they had to do alot of work just to get the connections to fit into banana plugs; Thirdly unless your speakers are more than 50' from your receiver and your running a 4 Ohm load 10 awg should fit the bill quite nicely and save you headaches and money.
803688
I can't remember how big the openings are because I don't have the amp anymore, however, if you already have 8 ran, might as well just use it. Trim the wire to size if you need to. Bigger is better than smaller