Guest Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 If the amp is drawing power through lets say an 8 gauge wire. But it is trying to draw enough amps to produce like 1000wrms and needs zero gauge. If the amp ground is zero gauge and the electrical is entirely up to par, what happens in this scenario? Is the amp forced to draw less power and therefore produces less power than it is capable of? Or does it still try to draw the its full power and in turn melt the 8 gauge wire? I am NOT running this setup, I am just curious about how it would play out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phaeton Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 Have you ever dropped a wrench on a battery and bridged it? if not, look it up on youtube. It gets red hot and burns and stuff. Thats pretty much what is going to happen all along the car, Maybe not to that extent but your trying to fit a golf ball in a garden hose. It creates a choke point and you wont have good voltage and it will heat up. Usually when you buy a 8 gauge kit it has a small fuse in it, and you will probably blow that before your wire lights on fire. But if you replace it with something like a 200 amp fuse and anything ever so happens to pull a full 200 amps from that 8 gauge wire its going to get hot. All in all, use the right size of wire for the application. 1997 subaru legacy outback Four 15's in a almost wall Rockford Fosgate t2500-1bdcp Rockford Fosgate T400-4 on tweets Rockford Fosgate T400-4 on highs Rockford Fosgate T400-2 on midrange Rockford Fosgate T400-2 on midbass Optima Yellow top batteries 270A Singer alt (working on a bracket for a second) Lots of Second Skin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moredbs Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 i run 8 gauge to my subs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPL.Pantie.Soak Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 i run 8 gauge to my subs! SAME Kenwood KVT-614 (4) Marathon 155 AH batts 2/0 OFC SHCA Mechman 370 (2) Audioque 3500.1 (2) AA Mayhem 15s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockFord_Expedition Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 It would be like trying to use a coffee stirrer as a snorkel.... Bad news. The amp would starve for current, the wire would get hot, if you're lucky the fuse blows and that's the end of it. If not, fire. Old School/New School RF Build March 2015 SOTM Winner How to crimp large wire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phaeton Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 i run 8 gauge to my subs! SAME omg me to! Lets start a club, i got t-shirts! 1997 subaru legacy outback Four 15's in a almost wall Rockford Fosgate t2500-1bdcp Rockford Fosgate T400-4 on tweets Rockford Fosgate T400-4 on highs Rockford Fosgate T400-2 on midrange Rockford Fosgate T400-2 on midbass Optima Yellow top batteries 270A Singer alt (working on a bracket for a second) Lots of Second Skin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBigs63' Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 What was stated above. Amp will starve, and if not fused properly your gonna start a camp fire in your car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moredbs Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 i run 8 gauge to my subs! SAME omg me to! Lets start a club, i got t-shirts! hope you got a lot of shirts! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROLEXrifleman Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 a nice light show will be the outcome Rolex you sicken me. Just let me finish my pie ~ Juice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 Ok so lights, fire, and explosions lol. What if the amp had an internal regulator that could match its current draw to whatever you were feeding it? Like an advanced form of JL's RIPS technology or something. Same result? Or would the amp just produce less power? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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