AWG for in wall wiring
apc
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I'm remodeling and will be running speaker wire in attic and walls soon. What size do you recommend I use? Been looking at Monoprice, Parts Express and Amazon for deals.
Husband, Father, Son, Brother, Friend.
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Here you go.
http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10239&cs_id=1023901&p_id=3844&seq=1&format=2
interestingly, 2-250s is less than a 500 foot roll.
I used this in prewiring my new home."Don't forget to change your politician. They are like diapers they need to be changed regularly, and for the same reason." -
OK. I had been thinking 12. Does that seem to be the standard?Husband, Father, Son, Brother, Friend.
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Well, I thought that lower gauge (thicker wire) was better, and 12g is the thickest, economical wire I found. That meaning, that you might be able to find 10 or even 8 gauge, but it was more than I cared to spend. And, I think 12g is the largest wire that fits easily into standard banana plugs, which I also got from monoprice.
For the length of runs I was using, I read that 16g would be OK, but I figured overengineering couldn't hurt. And the source that said 16g was not necessarily as high-end as we are here at the Polk forum!"Don't forget to change your politician. They are like diapers they need to be changed regularly, and for the same reason." -
that stuff would be fine. Try to keep your runs even. Just one of my anal tendencies...
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If each speaker run is <100', you could prolly get by w/ 14-2. 500' of CL2 14-2 is $112.89I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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10 AWG is a PITA to work with....so I would go 12 AWG max
