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Old 03-16-2006, 05:12 PM   #1
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Questions Regarding Wire Size, Battery Size, and Alternator Size - see here

I just thought I would post up an entirely new thread with this information since it seems to be the basis of many questions.

The proper Gauge Wire based on current demand and length of run:


The proper battery size based on total RMS wattage of system:


The proper alternator size based on total RMS wattage of system:


The proper fuse size based on power wire size:


If anyone has anything they would like to add or any comments or corrections that they would like to make, feel free!

Hope this helps someone out there!
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Old 03-16-2006, 05:19 PM   #2
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Fusing (and most anything else car electrical related)
http://www.bcae1.com/
Scroll right hand side and pick...wait for it...fuses.
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Old 03-16-2006, 05:29 PM   #3
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updated my post - thanks EricE - that page slipped my mind...lol
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Old 11-04-2007, 01:51 PM   #4
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AWG Conversion table

Hopefully this will be of use to some people who need an easy way to identify cables currently being used or that are floating around spare. It is an image from the following site tnt-audio.com

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