JDI

I'm in the middle of installing 600+ watts of amplification and have<br>noticed that the wire from the alternator to the battery is only 6 gauge.<br>Has anyone upgraded their alternator wire size? How hard is it?<br>I couldn't find anything in the archives, and looking down from<br>above it doesn't appear to be easy.<br>(Upsizing the ground on the other hand is quite easy as the grounding<br>point tied to negative is just below the battery).<p>Thanks,<p> -- John<p>

DaveW

Hi John,<p>I don't think you really need to upgrade the wire from the alternator to the battery, but<br>you should run a heavy gauge wire from the battery to either a distribution block , if<br>you're running multiple amps or direct to a single amp. I'm running 4 gauge with <br>a circuit breaker (within a foot of the battery) to the trunk and into a distribution block<br>which splits it into 8 gauge feeds for each amp.<p>Hope this helps!<p>DaveW <br>98.5 2.8 QM