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Old 08-27-2008, 10:55 PM   #42 (permalink)
tda1337
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hey dj, ive seen u talking ALOT about stuff that doesnt make ne sense, like once second u had 2000 Watts (by the way ur talking PROBABLY MAX) and then 1000 watts
just for your information
my standard system will MAX out a 4 gauge oversized wire (equals 2.97 awg)
its only 2 amps, a PDX 100.4 @ 60 amps and a KAC-9104d @ 60amps.. thats 120 amps, and pretty much the max of any 4 gauge (over max for cheaper brands) wire on the market

for your future reference, both amps are Class d and extremely efficient. And i dont think you should be giving advice and suggesting having another battery or CAPS
caps are kinda useless for extended listening, great for about a whole 3 secs (if you have a 6 farad with my system for instance) but otherwise, a big empty space
if nething an upgrade of the alternator to a high output alternator is all you need (which also requires replacing the stock ground wire for the alternator!)

Id have to say that your car would have had to be running 2 gauge or smaller in order to run a 2000 RMS amp and a 400 RMS x4 amp... in fact it should have ran 1/0 or even 2/0!!!!

if you are talking bout systems that are bought from walmart, no they prolly wont need 4 gauge... BUTTT and thats a big but they might

for instance, my gfs system was walmart type stuff... a jensen 400 RMS amp and a pioneer 60x4 RMS amp... this put me just over the 60 amp max of 8 gauge wire, so in this case 4 gauge was just perfect.... but only to a distribution block where it broke down to 2 8 gauge wires ;-P
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