steve meades speaker wire

[B7L|BL4Z3R 4]

wow you guys have your heads in the gutter lol

[Duran 387]

wow you guys have your heads in the gutter lol

I can't help it, I just got home from hanging out with the girlfriend...Good times...

[Tmax98 3]

wow you guys have your heads in the gutter lol

I can't help it, I just got home from hanging out with the girlfriend...Good times...

did she spit on it?

or did u do all the spiting...

[emperorjj1 2]

^ lol

the bigger the better

lol i keep looking at ur avatar while reading that over and over :bigclap:

[emperorjj1 2]

^ lol

the bigger the better

lol i keep looking at ur avatar while reading that over and over :bigclap:

[MTX520 0]

have you ever heard BIGGER WIRE ALWAYS BETTER..?

[Adrian_D 520]

ok now whats the point for such big speaker wire

Useless IMO.

Considering the currents involved aren't of gigantic values and the runs are pretty short.

8ga is fine, that's what I have seen in big amps from the relays to the output terminals.

[mikey5472 16]

yeah

i plan to run 8awg but i was just curios and there is no need for meade bashing i enjoyed his forum for as long asx i was on there

I am running 8awg to my 18"fi, I just took some 4 awg ring terminals and grinded them down so that they would fit in the holes then i took the wires and mashed them together in the terminal with a bench vice. It wasn't really professional, but it worked just fine.

Edited December 3, 2008 by mdizzle5472

[BKOLFO4 29]

i run 10 gauge... thats the biggest i could get in my fi's and the same for my nightshades,

what size do you run?

You should be able to fit 8 GA. That is what I run with my subs.

Not sure what coils Steve runs on his subs, but assuming 4500 watts per sub, D1 coils would be at 48 amps, D2 would be at 34 amps. If you assume worst case D1 coils for resitance loss in the wire, you could see a 15-20 watt difference of actual power to the speaker between 8 ga and 4 ga.

[lee 2]

I use 8gauge aswell to mine

[philsteroni 0]

haha you don't have to get every single damn strand in the terminal or use 4 gauge wire unless your going to have a 10 foot gap between your amp and sub. if you absolutly want to use the 4 gauge trim some copper strands off the end splice of the wire to make it fit, the electricity will spread to the trimmed copper once it's in the wire. but unless your determined to be more anal than the rest of this forum and myself you dont need the 4 gauge.

[thanosdbfan 0]

4 awg to 8 awg adaptors

[Duran 387]

wow you guys have your heads in the gutter lol

I can't help it, I just got home from hanging out with the girlfriend...Good times...

did she spit on it?

or did u do all the spiting...

There was saliva on it from earlier!

[Tmax98 3]

lol

[akjay907 0]

Meade riders get annoying, you cant post a video of your setup on youtube without some Meade nut rider saying "Meade's is the best/ loudest" or "Meade's system is better"

[B7L|BL4Z3R 4]

ohi dont plan on sunning 4awg i was just wondering i think 8 will do fine since the wire will be like a foot long my amp and sub are extremely close

[emperorjj1 2]

if its that short even 8g is probably excessive

[creyc 1]

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Edited December 5, 2008 by creyc

[Punkeyboozter 19]

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just for intrest sake while we are on the subject .. pushing 3000 RMS to 2 fi BL;s will 1.5 meter or so of 8guage be ok? planning to use threaded rod as terminals.

[MKader17 332]

http://bcae1.com/images/swfs/speakerwirese...orassistant.swf

should answer most questions Remember that BCAE is conservative on their estimates to keep it safest

[B7L|BL4Z3R 4]

nice thats handy as chit

[emperorjj1 2]

x2 but its boosting my ego on my electrical system a little much

[akjay907 0]

Wow good find...