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I'm asking for some car audio wisdom here. I'm getting ready to install a 300W Blaupunkt 8" amplified subwoofer under each seat of my '99 standard cab.
I was talking with my boss who is an electronics genius and also owned his own car radio system install shop in the 90's mentioning that I was going to pick up some 8AWG wire for the amps as outlined in the installation manual. He stated that was way oversized and to stick to 10AWG.
After thinking about it, and running it through every electrical formula I have available, I realized that by all electrical laws he is correct. So my question is.....
Why does the manual call for an #8 when technically a #12 would be sufficient? Asking purely for education, I will be using #8 anyway.
I was talking with my boss who is an electronics genius and also owned his own car radio system install shop in the 90's mentioning that I was going to pick up some 8AWG wire for the amps as outlined in the installation manual. He stated that was way oversized and to stick to 10AWG.
After thinking about it, and running it through every electrical formula I have available, I realized that by all electrical laws he is correct. So my question is.....
Why does the manual call for an #8 when technically a #12 would be sufficient? Asking purely for education, I will be using #8 anyway.