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Old 10-21-2018, 12:51 PM   #4
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Default Gauge number vs size of wire

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Originally Posted by BroadHopper View Post
the old 1988 power leads were too large a gauge for the head unit. Replace the power leads with a smaller gauge and all is well!
Seems a little odd, one can't really have 'too large a gauge'. See, for a gauge of a wire the larger the number, the smaller the wire and less current / more voltage drop it has.
So a 22 gauge wire will not carry as much current as say 16 gauge, and has a higher voltage drop so could not drive the power amp as well. I assume that you mean the gauge number was 'higher' which is a smaller wire, and was replaced with a bigger wire, smaller 'gauge' number. Just an oddity in electric wire sizes!
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