What gauge wiring???

Keske944

Hello all. I was just wondering what gauge wiring would be the best to run 600w RMS to a MM10? Also what gauge would you run to a MM6 component set running 75w RMS per channel?

I was thinking along the lines of 8 gauge for the MM10 and 12 or 14 for the components. Am I on the right track or way off?

Keske944

One more thing...

Which companies RCA cable would you suggest to keep the SQ at its best?

Thanks again

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dude you're way high on teh speaker wire gauge.

it depnds on how long your runs are - but assuming their less than 10 feet then 14 gauge is enough -- 12 is ideal.... anything over 12 gauge for less than 10 feet on 600 watts is overkill...

for 75 watt speakers -- hell you can do 15 feet at 18 gauge with absolutely no problems... 16 being preferred.

to give u a general idea.... I run 160+ x 2 to my fronts about 15 feet on 16 gauge.

I run 600 -700 watts ( to each sub coil) over like a 1 to 1.5 foot length with 12 gauge.

you could actually run 600 watts off of like 16 gauge as long as its less than 3 feet but its not really the best idea...

bigger is always better -- well usually -- but if u go with 8 gauge for a 600 watt run -- i mean think about wht you're doing dude -- you're running like 8 gauge power wire into yoru amp, then you're gonna run 8 or 10 gauge speaker wire? when the current is a fraction of whats goin through the amp's powr supply?

see its a voltage thing --- high current needs big wire... high voltage needs like nothing.

P = v* I = v*v / R --> say you're speaker is 4 ohms and you measure your peaking voltage at like 50V -- that's about 600 rms.

600 / 50 = 12 amps... if 8 gauge power wire is good for up to 30 amps of current draw (its actully more like 50) then why use such heavy stuff when u're only hittin 12 tops -- 12 gauge is good up to like 15A.

think of it like house wire --- you've got 110 - 115 volts going htrough your house outlets -- yet its only got 14 gauge solid core wire... because everything has 15 or 20A fuses on it.


which RCA cables ? -- streetwires 5.0/6.0 i don't think you'll get much arguement onthat -- like 70% of the demo cars u look at on MFG websites have streetwires cables-- makes u wonder why esoteric ever went out of business if everyone was usin their stuff.

Keske944

Thanks a lot man. You just saved me quite a bit of money. My amp will be mounted in the trunk along with the two MM10s. I will prob run teh KnuKonceptz 12 gauge bi-wire "Each condutor is composed of 294 strands of the finest copper (5N Purity) for superb audio accuracy and flexibilty. Each strand has been tinned." (saves me like .40 a foot) from the amp to the two MM10s. And thier Karma 16AWG Speaker Kable to the component sets. If that sounds cool just let me know.


Thanks again,

Adam Keske

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sounds good to me dude.

sntnsupermen131

i think you might want to turn the gain down
600w on a 400w speaker is a lot
i have 600 running in a 500w momo
and i wouldnt put anymore into it
i wouldnt put more than 500 in it
but thats just me
i have 4 gauge hot and ground going into the amp....12 guage going to the subs from the amp...and i think 16 going to the components...maybe 14...i dont remember
-Cody

Keske944

The info that came with the subs actually say they are 500w rms 1000w max on the MM10's. So 600w rms should be ok. I am going to run 0/1 gauge from the batteries back to a distrubution block that goes from o/1 to four 4 or 8 gauge outputs. I will be running 4 gauge into the sub amp.

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sounds good to me.