Amp ground wire?

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Jun 10, 2016 | 10:25 AM

TcHunter

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Amp ground wire?

What gauge ground/hot wire is everyone using for the BT-2180?

I wanted to run 8 gauge but I don't see that being possible, it appears the inlets are to small to feed that size wire in to the amp.....maybe I'm wrong. Any help is appreciated, thanks.

Jun 10, 2016 | 10:33 AM

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The amps come with a wiring kit. Believe it's 12awg for power and 14 for ground.

Jun 10, 2016 | 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by haze324

The amps come with a wiring kit. Believe it's 12awg for power and 14 for ground.

Yes you are correct, I just remember my car audio days, and was going to try and run the largest gauge I could...thanks for the quick reply.

Jun 10, 2016 | 10:38 AM

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Normally you should but because of their efficient design those amps don't pull enough to require the larger wire.

Jun 10, 2016 | 12:07 PM

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Can get away with running bigger wire with most amps but the BT amps have a little different style that holds the wire in. Pretty much anything larger than 12awg will not fit.

Jun 10, 2016 | 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Jetblack3

Can get away with running bigger wire with most amps but the BT amps have a little different style that holds the wire in. Pretty much anything larger than 12awg will not fit.

Yes that's what I thought, I just wanted to be sure..

Haze said the same thing, thanks guys.