16 guage ok for 35ft run

[BLindsay]

Going to be moving some stuff around and I will have to make the cables for my 2 front speakers and the center longer, to about 35FT Currently im running just my Onkyo 806 but i might be getting an Emotiva amp in the near future for them, would 16 guage wire be enough or should i go bigger? (i want to go as big as a need without going overkill because it makes it harder to hide big wire)

[crazyBLUE]

Originally Posted by BLindsay

Going to be moving some stuff around and I will have to make the cables for my 2 front speakers and the center longer, to about 35FT Currently im running just my Onkyo 806 but i might be getting an Emotiva amp in the near future for them, would 16 guage wire be enough or should i go bigger? (i want to go as big as a need without going overkill because it makes it harder to hide big wire)

From the charts I have seen from Big Daddy ~ If I remember correctly runs that long should be at least 12 AWG Blindsay

[Big Daddy]

This is the chart crazyBlue was talking about in his post.

[crazyBLUE]

Originally Posted by Big Daddy

This is the chart crazyBlue was talking about in his post.

Good Morning Big Daddy

I guess the 16 AWG will be OK for the speakers then.

[BLindsay]

Originally Posted by Big Daddy

This is the chart crazyBlue was talking about in his post.

Originally Posted by crazyBLUE

Good Morning Big Daddy

I guess the 16 AWG will be OK for the speakers then.

thanks guys!


edit: i see that chart suggests no runs over 50ft, what would you do if you had to make a run over 50ft?