martinuresti
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Crazy thought but could I use Lowe's 8 Gauge wire as speaker wire to wire my subs? lol 
https://www.lowes.com/pd/8-AWG-Stranded-Red-Copper-THHN-Wire-By-the-Foot/3129535
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Crazy thought but could I use Lowe's 8 Gauge wire as speaker wire to wire my subs? lol https://www.lowes.com/pd/8-AWG-Stranded-Red-Copper-THHN-Wire-By-the-Foot/3129535
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you could, but stranded THHN isn't nearly as flexible as typical speaker wire
Doubt your running amps big enough and certainly not long enough wire length to warrant even using 8 ga speaker wiring even for subwoofers.
Doubt your running amps big enough and certainly not long enough wire length to warrant even using 8 ga speaker wiring even for subwoofers.
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I don't see why you would need such a big wire for just speaker wire. I used one of the kits from Walmart to wire in my 2 10s and they sound great. I think a smaller wire would also be cheaper just imo
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PITA to work with and no point at all. Only time you need wire that big is when are running 3kw+ per sub.
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As a car audio installer, that wire would work just fine but it is probably overkill. Not sure what your application is but the wire probably won't be as flexible as a wire from walmart in the auto department or any auto store. If You're using it for subs I would just go with 12 gauge and for regular speakers I would personally just use 18 or 16 gauge. If the wire in question is something you have laying around collecting dust, go for it. I have used wire like this where the wire was visible and easy to mold the way I wanted it.
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I'm going with 4 gauge power and ground to amp, and I'm going to end up using 12 gauge speaker wire to wire the subs to the amp. The amp is 2000.1
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You need 0 gauge power/ground for 2kw.
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they have pretty big gauge speaker wire at HoDepo, too. I just was at my local store, buying 12ga THNN, and I noticed they sold bigger gauge speaker wire, too.
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