what guage wire opus

**fuctup** · 05-29-2005, 05:04 PM

what does opus recommend for wire to the unit ? 8awg ? i just ordered one and i want to order wires so it gets here soon.

mines gona be in the trunk, do they suggest ground in the trunk like an amp? or lines from the batt

**fuctup** · 06-01-2005, 02:24 PM

come on. simple question. i dont have the opus till tomarrow, but i want to get wire today.

i'll probly to 2 X 8awg to the trunk one for an amp, one for opus. i think its easier to hide 8g then 4g. is 8 awg overkill for an opus?cause id rather run 10g or smaller.

**DarquePervert** · 06-01-2005, 02:52 PM

Originally Posted by fuctup

come on. simple question. i dont have the opus till tomarrow, but i want to get wire today.

i'll probly to 2 X 8awg to the trunk one for an amp, one for opus. i think its easier to hide 8g then 4g. is 8 awg overkill for an opus?cause id rather run 10g or smaller.

1) Did you ever think to contact the manufacturer?
2) Did you bother to search the Power Supplies forum? I used the keywords OPUS and AWG and have an assload of results.

**antimatter** · 06-01-2005, 03:53 PM

regulating as usually darque

i used 8awg run s for my opus 90w and wouldn't go any smaller size.

**Cris** · 06-01-2005, 03:57 PM

In the opus manual, for the 150W version 12AWG wire is stated to run directly from the battery. Remember the inline fuse too. You could go for a 10AWG wire, a little thicker won't hurt. You could even go for 8AWG too, but you'll run into a little problem though...it's too thick for the original Opus connector.

**DarquePervert** · 06-01-2005, 04:55 PM

I'm not even ready to order my Opus yet, and I knkow the manual dictates 12AWG, yet most peoiple suggest 8AWG or thicker.

Why?
I actually READ the forums!!!

Amazing but true....

**fuctup** · 06-02-2005, 02:49 AM

i could'nt find the manual on the opus site for some reason, i ended up finding it on digitalww, flipped through that for like 2 minutes then my ADD kicked in.