Gauge wire? - Honda Prelude Forum

jsmooney · 02-20-2005, 12:11 PM

so i have a sub and the wiring is fine with that, but im wiring an amp to the rear deck and the front door speakers. what gauge wire should i get? i was thinking along the lines of maybe 18 gauge wire or something.

Infinity Kappa 2-ways 6.5" in the back (~95W RMS)
Infinity Kappa Perfect 6.5" components in the front (100W RMS)

apocalypse · 02-20-2005, 02:36 PM

I hope you mean 18 guage for the speakerwire, if so that'll be fine and so would your stock wiring

jsmooney · 02-20-2005, 02:40 PM

well, i would use stock wiring except for the fact that ill be using an amp.

apocalypse · 02-20-2005, 04:35 PM

thats not a problem, hook up the stock rear speaker wire to the amp and then splice it in the front to the front speakers and just run new wires to the rear
much much easier
unless you're running some incredibly highend system or your wires are just fubared I doubht you'll notice any differnance

jsmooney · 02-20-2005, 07:44 PM

hmm....great idea

Daemione · 02-22-2005, 09:43 AM

For 100 watts a channel, I'd run 16 gauge wiring just to be comfortable.

Although it's doubtful you'd notice the difference vs. 18 gauge - I'm pretty sure the stock wiring is smaller than that. Like 20-22 gauge, iirc . . . .

I find 16 ga. to be a pretty good compromise 'cause it's inexpensive and you can find it with relatively thin insulation so you can run it under carpet without a lump.

jsmooney · 02-22-2005, 09:55 AM

i was just gonna buy some stuff from walmart, like 100ft for $10 or less.....