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Silver Member Username: Skies
Courtenay,
British Colu...
Canada
Post Number: 680
Registered: Aug-05
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| Posted on Wednesday, May 09, 2007 - 02:15 am: |
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If I've got a sub amp and a speaker amp, some 1/0 wiring kickin around, not enough for 2 full runs for each amp, could I not just use 1/0 up to a distribution block, then 1/0 to each amp from the dist block?
Might seem like a stupid question but anyways, thanks for you time. |
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Gold Member Username: Johnfiac
A-ToWn,
152-153db Da...
My wangers b...
Post Number: 2688
Registered: Mar-06
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| Posted on Wednesday, May 09, 2007 - 04:01 am: |
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Depends on how much power your trying to pull, and the wires coming from the dist. block have to be big enough still. If its under 2K you shouldnt have a problem. |
Gold Member Username: Th3pwn3r
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Post Number: 2465
Registered: Jul-06
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| Posted on Wednesday, May 09, 2007 - 11:50 am: |
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That would work out fine Skies.You may need to step the wire size down though using a 1/0 to dual 4Awg or distro block or something like that for your speaker amp. |
Gold Member Username: Oleg
Santa Monica,
CA
USA
Post Number: 1343
Registered: Nov-04
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| Posted on Thursday, May 10, 2007 - 12:18 am: |
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Yeah, you can use a fused distribution block and do 2 very short runs of 4awg wire from there. |
Silver Member Username: Skies
Courtenay,
British Colu...
Canada
Post Number: 691
Registered: Aug-05
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| Posted on Thursday, May 10, 2007 - 12:46 am: |
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That's the thing though, I don't have any 4awg wire sitting around, would I just be able to use some 1/0 that I have sitting around to save some funds? |
Gold Member Username: Oleg
Santa Monica,
CA
USA
Post Number: 1347
Registered: Nov-04
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| Posted on Thursday, May 10, 2007 - 12:56 am: |
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Do you already have the block? Most distribution blocks output smaller wire than they accept. |
Gold Member Username: Oleg
Santa Monica,
CA
USA
Post Number: 1348
Registered: Nov-04
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| Posted on Thursday, May 10, 2007 - 01:02 am: |
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You'll need one like this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/DB-Link-Chrome-0-Gauge-T-Distribution-Block-AWG-GA_W0QQitemZ 170109379998QQihZ007QQcategoryZ50550QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
0awg in and 0awg out. |
Gold Member Username: Th3pwn3r
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Post Number: 2487
Registered: Jul-06
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| Posted on Thursday, May 10, 2007 - 11:26 am: |
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"That's the thing though, I don't have any 4awg wire sitting around, would I just be able to use some 1/0 that I have sitting around to save some funds?"
Sure,just strip the wire down to fit it inside the amp's terminals. |
Silver Member Username: Clouduz
Post Number: 204
Registered: Jun-06
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| Posted on Thursday, May 10, 2007 - 04:11 pm: |
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yes, that would work also |
