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Maybe I’m not understanding electrical principles here.

But wiring a powered subwoofer, it says to use 8 gauge wiring for the power and the ground.

Seems fine. But then the wiring harness coming out of the amp is maybe 16 gauge.

Doesn’t that basically negate the 8 gauge wiring 12v and ground?

I get it if the 12v and ground wires are 50 feet long. But this is in a small car. I’d use maybe 3 feet of 12v wire, and I could ground the amp directly from its wiring harness to the chassis. Calling for massive 8 gauge wire to connect to a 16 gauge harness doesn’t make sense to me.

Am i missing something?