How many Ft of 1/0 for Big 3?

[slim142 9]

I have a Ford Expedition 2007

I want to apply the Big 3 to my car. I would like to know how many Ft of 1/0 Knukoncepts power wire will I need.

Maybe 10ft? Dont really want to have much left overs...

[Julian 641]

it's all dependent on your alternator, battery, and engine ground locations, what you do is get a piece of string and measure from where you would put your wires for the big 3 from point to point, add all the lengths up.

[pdubb 5]

10 should be good. but go ahead and do the string thing also, then you can get a pretty close idea of how much you need

[jcarter1885 995]

Make sure you add around an inch to each of your measurements for some slack room just in case, never want to be short a foot or so.

[slim142 9]

I see

I thought there were people with similar cars here so I could get a good approximate, but will definitely take a look and measure.

Thanks

[BanginGMC 23]

10-18ft; depending on how much room you have and how cluttered everything is, and the route you take with the wires.

[slim142 9]

Thanks for the info

I have another question

Should I go for KLMX or Fleks?

I think Ive seen most (if not all) people who use Knukoncepts go for Fleks.

EDIT: Also, since we talking about cables, I would like to replace my subwoofer speaker cable which I think are 16 gauge. I was looking at the Knukoncepts site and Im debating between the Karma SS and the Klear Speaker cable. Kasa is just too expensive and KL3 is for home applications (from what I read).

Im going for 10 gauge. Price per foot for Karma SS 10gauge is $1.09 while the Klear Speaker (Blue) is $0.75 10gauge. I dont know if the Karma will give me any difference at all since its speaker cable after all. Im looking at ~12ft (6 for negative and 6 for positive) so total comes out to be $13 for the Karma, $9 for the Klear Speaker. I dont know if the difference is worth it.

Usually, when debating this "more expensive cable" threads (like those expensive Monster HDMI cables vs $10 HDMI cables) usually end up in conclusions like "Its just cable, you paying for brand", but would like to hear some input from you guys JUST to make sure I dont make mistakes I might regret or any info/detail I should know.

Edited May 10, 2010 by slim142

[dvalue 17]

I'm using the Klear speaker cables works fine, and you won't notice a difference.

Klmx is pure copper, a bit stiffer than the fleks, the fleks is copper as well, but tinned. (that or aluminium clad) The fleks would be much easier to work with.

[deernet 6]

As for speaker cable, I went with the Karma SS just because I think it looks cool. I got the 12 gauge, because I figured it would be fine for my application (around 2000 watts).

[ulrisa 26]

Actually the KMLX is the copper clad aluminum wire. It's fine as long as you aren't running over 200 amps I believe. But if you are doing the big three, it's better to just get the Fleks so that if you upgrade you already have the better wire installed. Fleks is pure OFC, so it can handle higher currents.

[slim142 9]

Im most likely gonna go for the Fleks since I like how it looks (barely gonna have 1 or 2 ft visible tho lol) and its a bit cheaper so...

This is for a 1000watt RMs system that is gonna be replaced soon and I dont want to be buying quality or 8 gauge that I might end up useless later on.