Ordering wire what gauge wire is usually used for tweets?

P.rick Gold Member Username: Surferdude9371 Get loud or go home.... Post Number: 1593 Registered: Mar-07	Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 01:08 GMT as title states thanks in advance
Paul Larrea Platinum Member Username: Wingmanalive A pic is worth 1000 posts!! Post Number: 19624 Registered: Jun-06	Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 01:14 GMT Very small stuff 24ga?
Canaan Gold Member Username: Southernrebel Monroe, Louisiana Team Audible... Post Number: 7200 Registered: Mar-04	Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 01:20 GMT I use 18ga. Got spools upon spools of it at the shop...kinda over ordered awhile back.
P.rick Gold Member Username: Surferdude9371 Get loud or go home.... Post Number: 1594 Registered: Mar-07	Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 01:23 GMT thanks nother question my new tweets have leads on them is it possible to take them out a plug in directly or is splicing in ok?
Canaan Gold Member Username: Southernrebel Monroe, Louisiana Team Audible... Post Number: 7202 Registered: Mar-04	Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 01:33 GMT Just short wires? Solder or crimp them. I use crimp-caps for cheap tweet installs.
P.rick Gold Member Username: Surferdude9371 Get loud or go home.... Post Number: 1595 Registered: Mar-07	Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 01:38 GMT there semi nice so i should solder?
Canaan Gold Member Username: Southernrebel Monroe, Louisiana Team Audible... Post Number: 7203 Registered: Mar-04	Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 01:41 GMT Crimp caps will give you a pretty good connection, fine unless you are running higher power. Solder and a cap or heat-shrink is better. If you are not good at soldering, just go w/ the cap. Not a barrel, a crimp-cap.
Snow Gold Member Username: Snowball123 West Allis, WI Post Number: 1917 Registered: Oct-07	Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 01:42 GMT just do whatever.
Canaan Gold Member Username: Southernrebel Monroe, Louisiana Team Audible... Post Number: 7204 Registered: Mar-04	Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 01:47 GMT Oh...and shhhh, but I have crimp-caps on my DD t28's. Thats running active off my C4a.
Paul Larrea Platinum Member Username: Wingmanalive A pic is worth 1000 posts!! Post Number: 19625 Registered: Jun-06	Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 01:59 GMT
P.rick Gold Member Username: Surferdude9371 Get loud or go home.... Post Number: 1596 Registered: Mar-07	Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 02:10 GMT paul have any you need rid of?
¤Jack_ké££iñgoñ¤ Gold Member Username: Frkkevin Team DLSSuperNatural... Post Number: 6135 Registered: Nov-05	Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 02:14 GMT I use 12awg for my tweets
P.rick Gold Member Username: Surferdude9371 Get loud or go home.... Post Number: 1597 Registered: Mar-07	Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 02:17 GMT god kev thats bigger than what im using on my mids but you are pretty extreme. is it bad to use a diff size splicing into another such as running 12awg to 18awg?
Canaan Gold Member Username: Southernrebel Monroe, Louisiana Team Audible... Post Number: 7205 Registered: Mar-04	Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 02:46 GMT My full comp set is wired w/ 14ga. I use 12ga for customers sub installs...8ga for big power. Most basic tweet installs get 18ga. But I get alot of morons that just want some of 'dem eyeballs', so that kinda doesn't count...lol. I just charge $25 though...these are the same morons that would rather a kicker 'competition' over a DD512
P.rick Gold Member Username: Surferdude9371 Get loud or go home.... Post Number: 1600 Registered: Mar-07	Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 03:11 GMT dude Canaan you cant get better than Kicker specially for sq....... lol.
D-money Silver Member Username: Basebalz13 Moneta, Va Usa Post Number: 847 Registered: Aug-07	Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 05:41 GMT i used 8 gauge power wire to power all my comps
M.S. Gold Member Username: Nd4spd18 Philadelphia, PA Post Number: 9457 Registered: Jul-06	Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 06:00 GMT The maximum RMS power handling of most tweeters is ~10 watts. Yes you read that right. 18-20 gauge speaker wire is plenty.
Andrew Capps Gold Member Username: Shortysetnies Andrew Capps, NC US Post Number: 3109 Registered: Mar-06	Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 06:22 GMT quote: is it bad to use a diff size splicing into another such as running 12awg to 18awg? Correct me if Im wrong but going from a size down to a smaller size wire can never hurt as long as the smallest size is what you need... i.e. running a 1/0 wire to a distro and then 4 ga to an amp w/ 4 ga inputs
Nick V Gold Member Username: Tatonka -[Team Audible Insanity]- Post Number: 2609 Registered: Mar-07	Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 14:21 GMT Andrew is right Does't hurt at all unless the smaller size is smaller than what you need.
P.rick Gold Member Username: Surferdude9371 Get loud or go home.... Post Number: 1604 Registered: Mar-07	Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 17:58 GMT good to know thanks they already have leads on them i guess ill match them up
jake papa Gold Member Username: Jakeyplaysbass St. Louis, MO / ASU Post Number: 3546 Registered: Jul-05	Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 22:00 GMT IIsco makes a distribution block that goes from 3 runs of 500MCM to 18 runs of 12awg, i'd do that. -or- 3 runs of 500MCM, to IIsco pole distribution block, into 18 runs of 4awg. Wire the 18 runs of 4 awg, into 9 Stinger SHD21 distribution blocks, into 36 runs of 12awg. 36 runs of 12awg, into 9 Monster 100 series dblocks, to 9 runs of 18awg. You would end up with 9 random runs of 18awg but it would look SICK. Heres a pic of the dblock... For those of you who dont know what 500MCM wire is, google it...
Mark Brockman Gold Member Username: Hittin1 TEAM REVOLUTIONLake Charles... Post Number: 2165 Registered: May-07	Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 23:21 GMT 4 ga tweets FTW!! course i gots 50000 watts goin' to em!
Mark Brockman Gold Member Username: Hittin1 TEAM REVOLUTIONLake Charles... Post Number: 2166 Registered: May-07	Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 23:23 GMT seriously 12 awg will be plenty.
M.S. Gold Member Username: Nd4spd18 Philadelphia, PA Post Number: 9460 Registered: Jul-06	Posted on Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - 00:33 GMT 12 awg is way more than plenty. You will never need more than 18-20 awg.
[...Rovin...] Platinum Member Username: Rovin 1 15 = 149.5 DBs ...Trinidad & T... Post Number: 14656 Registered: Jul-05	Posted on Thursday, January 15, 2009 - 03:29 GMT 18g is the biggest i would ever use since its not really needed ...

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