Can I have 12 guage wire terminated with banana plugs running from AVR to the wall plate and use 10 guage wire on the back side of the wall plate running to the speaker?

Thanks!
Rob

sure

Thank you

but why ? Most wall plate connectors will not accept 10 ga. wire and 12 ga. is good up to 100 feet or so. http://www.roger-russell.com/wire/wire.htm#wiretable

No. Bad things will happen


see : http://halshop.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/phpw9jvl0pm.jpg

but why ? Most wall plate connectors will not accept 10 ga. wire and 12 ga. is good up to 100 feet or so. http://www.roger-russell.com/wire/wire.htm#wiretable

i'm doing a 10 year face lift on my home theater. at the time, i just bought what ever speaker cable i was told to buy... the wire for the front 2 speakers that goes through the crawl space is 10 guage. i have 10 guage on both sides of the wall plate, but they are too short now (wall plate to avr) after redoing the shelves and I have some extra 12 guage to use (i only need 3 ft cable lenghts from wall to avr).

i'm just making do with what i have from 10 years ago. although, i've read about some wire corroding or whatever, maybe i should just do some new 12guage all the way around since i bought new avr, new oppo, new plasma :D

but why?....
Agreed! Will your outlet plate accept 12 gauge? Many top at 14 gauge, and as asked, why then a larger gauge for the completion of the circuit?

Agreed! Will your outlet plate accept 12 gauge? Many top at 14 gauge, and as asked, why then a larger gauge for the completion of the circuit?

my wall plates have the hole you put the bare wire in and then you screw down the thumb screws or whatever they're called. basicaly, the wall plates on monoprice.com. Am i doing something wrong? i figured you shove the wire in and tigthen down the thumb screw, right?

also, as i mentioned in the previous post, all wires i have are left over from an install 10 years ago. i have 10 guage from avr to wall plate to speaker currently (no 12 guage in that line of connectivity). but i'm redoing the ones from the avr to the wall plate with some left over 12 guage because i'm out of 10 guage but have enough 12 guage to make do in my new setup (i need more cable length).

10 to 12... 12 to 10....
Won't make a bit of difference.

No. Bad things will happen


see : http://halshop.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/phpw9jvl0pm.jpg

That is great but only applies when dividing by 0:D

You oughta see what the square root of -1 does.

You oughta see what the square root of -1 does.

Those math geeks. They just invented "imaginary numbers" to deal with that. PFFFFT! :rolleyes:

I wish that trick worked in other fields. :p

"Where's your market report Johnson!"

"Oh, uh.. I have it right here, it's just... imaginary!"

Hehe....his name is Johnson *adolescent humor ftw*

oh great, my thread went from speaker cables to johnson references, lmao :)