Will the stock speaker wiring run 45w RMS?

[Viperoni]

Originally Posted by sickpuppy1

You would not HAVE to, but its not a bad idea if you can....

When I send 2kw over 20 feet in my HT setup, better believe I'm going to use Speakon connectors and 12g wire.

http://www.bcae1.com/images/swfs/spe...rassistant.swf

In the average 50w amplified car audio setup, you're fine with an 18g wire. If you're running off the deck, even less to worry about. It'd be a waste of money to worry about the wire when you could spend money on better speakers.

[talnlnky]

Originally Posted by Viperoni

When I send 2kw over 20 feet in my HT setup, better believe I'm going to use Speakon connectors and 12g wire.

http://www.bcae1.com/images/swfs/spe...rassistant.swf

In the average 50w amplified car audio setup, you're fine with an 18g wire. If you're running off the deck, even less to worry about. It'd be a waste of money to worry about the wire when you could spend money on better speakers.

That is the best car audio info site ever.... I've been referencing that place for the past 10 years.

Yeah, there will be no noticeable difference between the stock wires and larger speaker wires... in fact.... even on a 2000 watt system the difference between 18awg and 12awg will not be noticeable, and you will pay for it.... with that said, In the past I have ran as big as 8awg speaker wire in sub installs.

the issues really comes down to amperage versus voltage... speaker wire runs (from amplifier to speaker) are low amp/high voltage which does not require large gauge speaker wire. The power cable from a battery to an amplifier however uses low voltage - high amperage (needs big wire/cable).

amperage causes heat in wire much faster than voltage does. If the car world would get their crap together and change from 12volt to 48volt or higher we could run 2000watt systems off 10awg power cable instead of 0awg.