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Mar 15, 2004 | 08:00 PM

RCOAPSTICK

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Speaker wire

I bought new Kenwood excelon speakers for my truck and i went to circuit citty and bought speaker wire
The speakers peak output is 220 watts with a rms of 2-55watts. What guage wire should i have got. i bought 16 gauge is that fine does it matter if the wire is to big

Mar 15, 2004 | 08:24 PM

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Do i need to redo the wiring with the correct size wire?

Mar 15, 2004 | 09:18 PM

bill6302

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are you running them off of an amp? either way the 16 ga should be fine

Mar 15, 2004 | 10:23 PM

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Yeah they are eing run off a Kenwood KAC-8401

Mar 17, 2004 | 12:52 AM

Capone

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for future reference visit

www.partsexpress.com for speaker and amp cables.

same quality much cheaper.

Apr 1, 2004 | 11:33 AM

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i have speaker cable from a friends father that produces and maintains machines that make cable any sort of cable, so i was hooked up with a spool of the biggest baddest speaker cable .... BUT it is almost too big for the terminals on my amp and it was a major pain getting them through the grommets/hoses that run into the door panels from the interior 16 ga would probably be an ideal size

Apr 1, 2004 | 06:25 PM

smokey6309028

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Generally, the biggest possibe wire size that will fit the terminals of your speakers and amp is great, but will not always produce more/better sound than a slightly smaller size. 16 gauge should be more than adequate for you.