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BJ1234
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can i take two 18 guage wires, stripe them down, and twist them together to make around a 9 guage wire?
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bvchjchv
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????
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Username: Blainew

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might as well just get 8 guage...bc then will need to cover the wires again
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BJ1234
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I have like 100 ft of this stuff and would kill to get rid of it
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what you need 9 guage for??
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Username: Blainew

Post Number: 302
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what you need 9 guage for??

sell it on ebay.

9 guage wont be big enough for power...

and 18 guage is good enough for speakers..i think
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BJ1234
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I dunno I want to parellel my mono to two speakers, at 400 RMS each,
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BJ1234
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I dunno I want to parellel my mono to two speakers, at 400 RMS each,
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BJ1234
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i needed speaker wire i thought it haad to be bigger
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Username: Blainew

Post Number: 305
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18 guage MAY be big enough..if you wanna put them together you could tho...probably..i dont know how you would cover them again ..but whatever u want to do
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Username: Fandim

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Registered: Jun-05
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a pair of 18 gauge would equal roughly a 15 gauge wire. :-) Wire impedance halves every 3 gauges.

Seth
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