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Wire gauge to wire up all those speakers. [message #23158]

Wed, 06 September 2006 07:44

Marlboro
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I used 16 gauge for my arrays wiring. Should I tear it all out and go for 14 or 12? After all, there is about 100 feet of wiring just to connect the speakers.

Marlboro

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Re: Wire gauge to wire up all those speakers. [message #23164 is a reply to message #23158]

Wed, 06 September 2006 17:22

Jim Griffin
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I use 16 gauge in most of my work. Heavy wiring is often difficult to route and such.

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Here's an interesting thread about the benefits of small-diameter wire... [message #23295 is a reply to message #23158]

Mon, 06 November 2006 10:10

jeffreybehr
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Registered: May 2009

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...in speaker systems.

I guess I'll be using something like that in that I'll use 18- plus 20g. (net = c. 15.9g.) for the bass/MR array (of 8 4-Ohm drivers wired series/parallel for 8 Ohms). I'll run the same wiring back to the amp with as few solder joints as possible.

The tweeters, 8 Dayton 8-Ohm mag.-planars wired S/P for 16 Ohms, will use 24- plus 27g. (= net 22g.) all the way back to the amps. All conductors will be solid silver, the larger ones in Teflon airtubes and the smaller removed from HomeGrown's woven cables and with extruded Teflon.

Here's a pic of last nite's progress; tweeters W/B in today!