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Old Sep 20, 2011 | 10:31 PM
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I bought a 8 gang led switch panel to wire all my switches into. Each switch has their own breakers, one 10, two 8's, two 6's two 5's and one 4 amp breaker. They are divided up with the 10, both 8's and one 6 on one and the others on the other. They require a power cable to both "pieces" The most the breakers will handle is like 52 amps. What kind/gauge of cable should I get to go to each side?? I was looking at like 6 gauge but dont want to jump the gun without others opinions.

Sorry for the long rant. Here are the switches I bought:
http://boatswitchpanel.walkbehindmow...el-8-gang.html

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Old Sep 20, 2011 | 10:54 PM
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link no worky lol, I'm not by any means a wiring expert, so I don't have any advice for you, sorry. Just thought I'd tell you that the link was messed up
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Old Sep 21, 2011 | 08:14 AM
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10 gauge should be fine for both sides. 6 gauge is pretty large for that.
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Old Sep 21, 2011 | 08:15 AM
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The link worked for me
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Old Sep 21, 2011 | 12:27 PM
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your best bet would be 6 or even 4 if you want to run all the lights at once.. i have 4 ga wire going to 10 switches that are hooked to 5 hella 100 watt halogen lights 2 55 watt hid bulbs in hella housings, 2 35 watt hids also in hella housuings along with a few back up lights, amp ditch lights and cb
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Old Sep 21, 2011 | 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by marionso14
The link worked for me
Yeah, he must've fixed it... it works now lol
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