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post #1 of 4
2/4/10 at 8:25am
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Hi Guys,

I have 16 awg speaker wires instaled in my home theater. Now I am concerned that the gauge is to small. However my wires have 4 conductors.
my question is, if I connect all the wires from the receiver to the speakers will this equal a 12 awg or better wire? BTW, My towers have 4 binding post (bi-wiring).

Thanks for your help!
Dan
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post #2 of 4
2/4/10 at 8:49am
How long are the wires going?

Generally speaking, you can get away with 16 AWG wire for most stuff...

http://www.roger-russell.com/wire/wire.htm
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post #3 of 4
2/4/10 at 7:01pm
2 x 16g = ~13g

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America...AWG_wire_sizes
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post #4 of 4
2/4/10 at 7:26pm
Even though 16 gauge may be large enough I would leave the straps on the binding post and connect two wires to each side.
Of course you will need to make sure you keep the pairs and polarity correct.
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