Amp Wiring?

Question

I had my uncle-in-law hook up my American Bass Pro 800 Watt Amp but he used cheap wiring. The wire is fairly small and he told me it doesnt matter how big the wire is. But what i wanna know is, Is the wire giving the amp enough power or does American Bass Pro Amps suck?? Help please

Answer 1

Okay, well the higher the watts the amp pulls the large cable you will need. My system pulls 500 watts (RMS) (1000 peak) and when i had it installed they ran 4 gauge wire from the battery to the amp, then used a separation block (4 gauge input and four 8 gauge outputs) to knock down the 4 gauge to 8 so it could connect to the amp. Usually the gauge wire that is the input size for the amp would be the wire you would want to run from the battery to the amp, unless you are running multiple amps.

basically

larger the amp=larger the wire needed

hope this helps

Answer 2

your uncle obviously doesn't know what he's talking about. You can tell him I said that.  

If you want to get a lot of water to your garden, you use a bigger hose.  If you want to get a lot of power to your amp, you use a bigger wire.