The Big 3!
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The Big 3!
Alright, I need to do the big 3 bad, as my system is causing dimming lights and a bad idle stutter when first started. I thought I saw a thread at one time about this, but I just searched through every page of the car audio forum, and couldn't find it. Can anyone give me a rough estimate of how many feet of wire I ll need? Thanks in advance.
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The factory wire looks bigger than it is. I am pretty sure the wires are only 8ga.
I would think that you would need ~15 feet from alt to battery. Then 2 feet grounding the battery and 2 feet grounding the engine. The engine ground I am not positive about that is just a guess. I would probably buy the ground wires 5 or 6 feet long in one cut and then make the cuts yourself. I would get the extra just to be on the safe side. It is an extra ~4-5 bucks for the 2 feet max.
These are all approximations so check and use your best judgement before going out and buying the wire. I tried to estimate on the large size. Better to have too much than too little.
I would think that you would need ~15 feet from alt to battery. Then 2 feet grounding the battery and 2 feet grounding the engine. The engine ground I am not positive about that is just a guess. I would probably buy the ground wires 5 or 6 feet long in one cut and then make the cuts yourself. I would get the extra just to be on the safe side. It is an extra ~4-5 bucks for the 2 feet max.
These are all approximations so check and use your best judgement before going out and buying the wire. I tried to estimate on the large size. Better to have too much than too little.
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