It wouldn't hurt to run 12awg or even 10awg wire. Given the load that the sub will demand its better to have a thicker wire than not enough. 14awg is pushing it in my opinion.
By the way, Welcome to the Shack!
By the way, Welcome to the Shack!
Wire gauge for 20' run - amp to sub?
I'm remodelling our basement and turning it into a media/entertainment room... There's a small closet about 15' from where the equipment is going to be and I'm thinking about building an LLT sub in there in the future. It's about a 20' run end-to-end and far more convenient to run speaker cable to the closet than adding a power outlet in there.
So, what gauge wire would be best for a run of this distance? I figure I should plan for a 2 Ohm load and about 1000 watts depending what I'll build so I won't be too limited (no exact plans yet). It's not that big of a room and I don't really crank it so I can't imagine needing more than 1k of power to run this thing, maybe an ep1500 . I'm wiring the rest of the basement w/14 gauge in-wall for the rest of the speakers (full 7.1 setup)... Is 14 gauge enough for the sub too for a 20' run?
Thanks,
-Todd
So, what gauge wire would be best for a run of this distance? I figure I should plan for a 2 Ohm load and about 1000 watts depending what I'll build so I won't be too limited (no exact plans yet). It's not that big of a room and I don't really crank it so I can't imagine needing more than 1k of power to run this thing, maybe an ep1500 . I'm wiring the rest of the basement w/14 gauge in-wall for the rest of the speakers (full 7.1 setup)... Is 14 gauge enough for the sub too for a 20' run?
Thanks,
-Todd
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Thanks...
You're right, I guess it's just not worth it to save a couple of bucks to run the thicker wire.
I've been here at the Shack for a while, just never had to post since there's already so much info here!
Great place this is...
-t
You're right, I guess it's just not worth it to save a couple of bucks to run the thicker wire.
I've been here at the Shack for a while, just never had to post since there's already so much info here!
Great place this is...
-t
You can buy 8awg at home depot for $0.65 per foot heh. Or you can buy a spool of 10awg at partsexpress for pretty cheap actually.
Cool... I have to place an order from PE or monoprice soon anyway... mono has 12ga in-wall for pretty cheap. I'll check out PE too.
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