what guage wire will fit? 14g or 16?
759968
The thinner, the better. The terminals are unfortunately not the best feature of this product. 14g might be pushing it.
759969
While the terminals appear to have large enough openings to accomodate 14g, you really dont have to go there (unless you are planning on using a few hundred feet of speaker wire). The resistance of, say, 20 ft of 16g Cu wire is only 0.08 ohms, or 100x less than the impedance of an 8 ohm speaker: i.e., absolutely negligible.
759970
I took a drill bit and widened the holes because the holes are too small far just about anything beneath 16awg that isn't tinned.
2030956
As someone else answered, 16G wire is smaller than 14G wire. The 16G wire is what this harness was designed for, the 14G is pushing it. Unless you have runs of wire that exceed 60-80', then you are wasting money on 14G wire. 16G is the preferred thickness for runs of speaker wire that are less than 60-80'.
1572095
Sure. I believe this is 16 gage wire but you could use a red or blue crimp connector, or better yet, solder and heat shrink.
26044
Judging from the wire size, I would take a guess less than 5 amps like GB suggested. The wire looks like it's in the 16 to 18 gauge area.
1390577
I used 14g because I did not run them more than 20 ft from the source. I looked up the recommended wire size in a chart I found by searching the internet for speaker wire recommendations.
1110030
I think 16 guage is the biggest wire it recommends. I would get something more heavy duty.
1803685
Wire Gauge is 14 AWG. Sufficient weight for most electronic devices but not heavier load household appliances (refrigerator, etc.).
1580371
It's been awhile but I think I used 14 awg. But I would think 16 14 or 12 would be ok
1474380
I'd go with 12ga. There's a plastic tube in the middle of each conductor so actual copper is probably 14ga.
1192596
I'm currently in the process of trying to run some 16 gauge through, and it's a bit of a hassle. The shielding on this wire is a bit "tacky", so there's a lot of friction, and it's a bit thick, so that might play a role in it. The smallest part of the tubing is about " in diameter, so probably more than sufficient for 14 gauge, but the opening in the back of the tube -- where the wire has to make a sharp 90 turn -- is only " in diameter.
1923628
I used 12 gauge wire from Advance auto as I already had enough on hand. Since the pump itself has smaller 16 gauge lead wires on it that is a little overkill . The pump does not draw much current (amps ) so 14 gauge wire would work safely as well. Do not use the smaller 22 /24 gauge speaker wire or such crap like the moron that previously owned my boat as it is unsafe and not suitable.
1834408
I would use no smaller than 16 gauge wire. You could go a low a 12 but this wire is thick and harder to hide. The thoughts have always been the smaller the gauge(thicker) the better .
1233500
Works just fine on mine. it's just a wire splice, so as long as your wire gauge isn't too big, you'll be fine. And I think I have 14 gauge wire, the biggest there generally is.
701873
I am not sure what size to use, but if you used a 14 gauge wire, I think you should be fine.
38317
I used 16 gage and my system sounds fine. The thicker the wire is, the better. But I think 16 gage is fine for most applications.
1923629
you should use 12 gauge wire, but you could use 16 gauge if not running long distance.
88105
The UL spec for the wire gauge is 16AWG. We ALWAYS meet or exceed the specification requirement. Anything thinner (such as 18AWG) may NOT meet the UL specifications.