mattp Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 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 Quote TEAM DC AUDIO 1999 Tahoe HU-Clarion flip out & Clarion EQS746 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/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew2944r Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 How much power are you planning to run Quote Team Ampere Audio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattp Posted March 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 How much power are you planning to run 4k sorry I should have said that Quote TEAM DC AUDIO 1999 Tahoe HU-Clarion flip out & Clarion EQS746 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/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew2944r Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 With 4k I would most def run OFC over CCA. Quote Team Ampere Audio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattp Posted March 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 (edited) 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? Edited March 1, 2011 by mattp Quote TEAM DC AUDIO 1999 Tahoe HU-Clarion flip out & Clarion EQS746 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/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamHT Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 Just run cca Quote Tell me...does this smell like chloroform to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattp Posted March 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 Just run cca Why you say that? Quote TEAM DC AUDIO 1999 Tahoe HU-Clarion flip out & Clarion EQS746 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/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattp Posted March 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 bump Quote TEAM DC AUDIO 1999 Tahoe HU-Clarion flip out & Clarion EQS746 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/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty959 Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 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. Quote 2013 Subaru BRZ12" Orion HCCA on AQ 22001967 mustang restoration project: http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/110765-mustang-restoration-build-2011-edition/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/therusty959 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattp Posted March 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 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 Quote TEAM DC AUDIO 1999 Tahoe HU-Clarion flip out & Clarion EQS746 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/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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