[NJARC] #12 AWG Speaker wire?

Wed Apr 9 10:07:57 EDT 2014

With 2 ohm speakers, 12 AWG does seem reasonable.  If your speakers had a higher impedance things would be different.
Jim

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 From: Matt Reynolds <mattr04 at hotmail.com>
To: "antqradio at sbcglobal.net" <antqradio at sbcglobal.net> 
Sent: Wednesday, April 9, 2014 8:37 AM
Subject: RE: [NJARC] #12 AWG Speaker wire?

The amp I purchased is only pushing 45 watts per channel for each channel.  The speakers 2 ohms each and are capable of handling 55 and 35 (peak is much higher).  I realize I can get away with a smaller gauge, but I have to dismantle a decent amount of the car to run the new wire, so I wanted to "future proof" the design a bit.  When I was pricing out wire online the difference between 14 and 12 was only two dollars.  The car has 18 now, but it's faulty, and shares grounds, which I'm trying to eliminate.

It's not a lot of power, it's just so I can re-use the original head unit to keep the car looking original, but with a bit more power to drive the new speakers.  The head unit only put out 6 watts per channel.

Matt

> Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 06:15:33 -0700
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> Out of curiosity, just how much power is this audio amplifier pumping?
> Jim
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> Hi All,
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> Does anyone have any #12 AWG two conductor copper speaker wire they don't need?  I'm doing a car stereo project for one of my cars (yes, that one...), and need to update the wiring to handle the new speakers.  I don't think I need much, I'm guessing 25 feet would be plenty.   Before I buy a spool I thought I'd ask around.  I imagine many of you have amassed quite a collection of wire over the years, that you may or may not ever use.
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> I'll be at the meeting on Friday.
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> Thanks!
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> Matt
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