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Ok so I'm bout to run new wire & I know copper is better then cca

I'm going to run two runs of power from front to back, if i run cca not copper will it make that big of a dif.

Its for a daily driver

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How much power are you planning to run

4k

sorry I should have said that

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With 4k I would most def run OFC over CCA.

ok but why not two runs of cca?

will it be that hard on the amp?

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Its all about how much power the wire can carry. For some reason off the top of my head I remember knu's ofc wire being rated for 300 amps and their cca rated for 250 amps? two runs of cca would be "rated" 500 amps. This would be say, depending on how you calculate it... 12*500*.7 or 4200 watts. But, variables are around. This is assuming all the power for the amps is coming from the front. ofc would be "rated" 5040 watts. So sure, there is a difference, but I doubt it would be noticeable especially since you better be running some extra batts in the back to be able to handle that power. Of course this is all based on some numbers that were floating around in my head... and I would check to see the difference in the rated capacity of the wire you are using, but cca should be fine if saving a few bucks in the area is that important to you.

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Its all about how much power the wire can carry. For some reason off the top of my head I remember knu's ofc wire being rated for 300 amps and their cca rated for 250 amps? two runs of cca would be "rated" 500 amps. This would be say, depending on how you calculate it... 12*500*.7 or 4200 watts. But, variables are around. This is assuming all the power for the amps is coming from the front. ofc would be "rated" 5040 watts. So sure, there is a difference, but I doubt it would be noticeable especially since you better be running some extra batts in the back to be able to handle that power. Of course this is all based on some numbers that were floating around in my head... and I would check to see the difference in the rated capacity of the wire you are using, but cca should be fine if saving a few bucks in the area is that important to you.

Thanks man

I will have batts in the back,

Knu's wire was what I was looking to get

TEAM DC AUDIO

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Mids/Highs Amp-MB QUART ONX4.125

Mids/Highs- Undecided

Sub Amp-DC Audio 7.5

Subs-4x DC Audio xl 18s

Alt- 270sp & 250sp Dc Power

Big 3 1/0

http://dcaudio.us/

SPL-LAB sells rep. for IOWA

http://spllabusa.proboards.com/

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