stock speaker wire max watts
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stock speaker wire max watts
i was wondering what the most watts i could run threw the stock speaker wire and still get good sound quality with aftermarket speakers??? i have a 2001 eclb
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I was wondering the same thing. Im fixin to put a Kenwood CD Player and new door speakers Front and Rear in. thought about running new wire that was larger than the factory stuff.
Prob be a waste of time so i just plan on slapping them in and jamming.
Prob be a waste of time so i just plan on slapping them in and jamming.
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Say you have 75 watts RMS going to the door speaker. The voltage output varies on the amp to ~40v? If so, you would have 1.875 amps going through that wire intermittently. Does this sound correct? I haven't checked into this, but thinking out loud.
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I was thinking that you take the power you want to give the speakers (75 watts) and multiply that by the resistance of the speaker (4 ohm) and take the square root of that should be the voltage at the speaker wire. something around 17v. at least that is how i have heard it, could be way off though.