Sensible Wiring Kit Options? (Up to 2000w)

Right, with almost all my bits of kit having arrived (apart from my feckin blackbox 4 amp ), I need to start laying down some wiring for my new system.

My question is, what type of wiring am I going to need?

The wiring needs to cope with a CBR 12 Active EVO sub. The amp on that puts out:

• 600 Watts Max
• 300 RMS (at 4 Ohm)

And, becuase my other amp hasn't arrived yet, i'm using an old Fli 800s 4 channel to power the front & rear speakers. It puts out:

• 800 Watts Max
• 4 x 100 RMS (at 4 Ohm)

From my understanding, you take the Max power rating when choosing a wiring kit, and considering the total of the 2 amps is 1400, I imagine I need a kit which can cope with at least 1400?

However, when my blackbox 4 amp FINALLY arrives, that puts out:

• 1400 Watts Max
• 4 x 110 RMS (at 4 Ohms), or 4x175 (at 2 Ohms)

That will replace the Fli 800s, meaning that the total output power (Max) will be 2000w, so the wiring kit will have to be able to cope with that.

Anyway, providing your still following (I hope you are), my question is, what is a good kit to get? I have been advised on a 4awg kit, but havent seen many which cope with 2000w which arent very steep in price. Something which I did see though was 1awg kit (didnt know it even existed) which can hold up to 3500w, and at a very reasonable price, being reduced and all.

Only problem is, im not sure how thick 1awg cable is? would it be a hassle to run down the door sills, etc, or would I be better off with a 4awg kit?

Sorry for the very long post, but any help would be apprieciated guys.

2 gauge, and buy a splitter to go down to 4 gauge to each of the amps.

You wouldn't happen to have any useful links would you rosso? Cheers for your help

You don't use the peak power wattages for anything.

You need to know the current draw (look at the fuse ratings) of your amps and choose the cable gauge based on that. You could go the whole hog and get 0awg cabling, which will help avoid having to relay cables if you decide to upgrade to meatier amps in the future.

its realisticly not that big of a draw. as chaos said ignore the peak output, if you hit that then boom and a cloud of smoke, everything dies lol. 4 gauge should be fine though to be on the said side i would use 2 gauge just incase you really turn it up, 0 gauge is usually shocking prices and for that system it will cost too much to justify

Any decent links for a 2awg kit mate? Because all I can seem to find (at reasonable prices is 4awg or 0awg)

Do you not think this would be appropriate:

http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/fusi...wg-p-6660.html

A 1awg kit for £34.99?

Perfect! that will more than do you and comes with everything and allows for improvements in the future, good price too. good find

Eye for the bargains you see

How thick is 1awg cabling though? Is it easily bent and tucked under door sills, etc?

well ive only ever dealt with 4 gauge and seen some 0 gauge but never had to install it. to be truthful its very thick and is not easily wound around and tucked into panels etc. near enuf the same as a tow rope. you going to have to remove sills and try place under the carpet or something like that

Tow rope??

*Jaw hits the floor*

Looks like i'm cut out for some fun then........

Cant I just use 4 gauge? It sounds soooo much nicer now

I run 0awg in the Panda, ran it in my old Seicento too. Can't see why you'd have problems in a Punto.

you wil be fine. bit of persistence and it will b fine

Wouldnt think you would need more than 2 or 4gauge for that power. 0 or 1gauge will be fine its just a bit stiffer than the 4 gauge because its thicker so it makes it harder to route

Well good news guys

Bought the 1 gauge wiring kit, and started fitting it last night (spent the good part of 3 hours mind )

Got the power cable (that was a pain), RCA cable, remote cable, and front speaker cables to the boot, although the door sills are a bit bulgy now, but what do you expect with a fat cable?

All the speakers are wired to the Amp now, but I cant do much more now, do to the fact that the power and ground cable are so thick, they wont fit into the Amp terminals , so i'm just waiting on some distribution blocks to knock it down to 4 gauge cable

Chris.

Did you run the RCA's down the opposite side to the power cable?