1/0 awg power wire

[kotec123 10+ year member]

im lookin at the welding supply ultraflex orange wire for 39 bucks for 25 feet to run power and ground in my car along with big 3.....is that a good choice? what other cheap options should i look into? Is 25 feet enough for my project or not?...also looking for a 1/0 to (2)4awg distro block....ideas pleaseee

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[kotec123 10+ year member]

a ton of people use this wire........ i know, that u guys know whatsup...share the wealth!!

 

[prioracy 10+ year member]

it's a good choice, u don't even need to go with the orange one, i'm using the black version of it and it is very flexible, what do u plan on running in your system, also u may wanna allow more than 6 min for someone to reply...

 

[PRIVATEpastry 10+ year member]

I have the green Welding Supply 1/0 wire. It is very flexible.

 

[kotec123 10+ year member]

it's a good choice, u don't even need to go with the orange one, i'm using the black version of it and it is very flexible, what do u plan on running in your system, also u may wanna allow more than 6 min for someone to reply...

ok ill go with the black...its a little cheaper.....look in my sig, not im running 4 ga wire, so im just upgrading.....sorry, but its kinda urgent as im lookin to order tonight or tomorrow morning

 

[bjfish11 5,000+ posts]

i just received my first order from weldingsupply this last week, put it in today, and i was very surprised how flexible this stuff was. I just got the regular blue kind, and it was very flexible. I think it might have been a slightly thinner wire than the knukonceptz stuff i usually use, but it was very easy to work with. I will get my wire from there from now on.

 

[JoseMCeee 10+ year member]

I always use the power wire from weldingsupply. I have the black 1/0 and 4. 1/0 is some what hard to cut and quite stiff but its still good wire and cheap.

 

[Untouchable11 10+ year member]

I have 25 ft. of Yellow 1/0, 10 ft. of Black 1/0, and about 12 ft of yellow 4 ga, and about 10 ft. of black 4 ga..

It suprised me too of how flexible it was... I saw it, and liked the price, so I bought some... 4 ga. was a little tiny, but other than that, I don't have any complaints...

 

[kotec123 10+ year member]

so 25 feet of 1/0 should suffice for my whole car? big 3, power and ground? what about d-blocks...1/0 to (2)4awg

 

[danteBirosel 5,000+ posts]

What car? i dont think u ever stated on what car you drove..

 

[kotec123 10+ year member]

acura rl 1999

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

I'd probably go with at least 30 feet just to be safe. It's better to have too much than not enough. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

If you want to do the big 3 too, I'd go and take measurements of exactly how much wire it would roughly take and base your order off that.

So some measurements would be battery to amps, amp to ground, alt to battery, battery to chassis, etc.

 

[kotec123 10+ year member]

ok cool thanks.....what about a nice but cheap distro block for 1/0 to (2) 4awg and some battery terminals for when i get the optima?

 

[PRIVATEpastry 10+ year member]

http://stores.ebay.com/Xstatic-BatCap-Central_W0QQssPageNameZstrkQ3amefsQ3amesstQQtZkm

For your battery terminals and fuse holders.

I have 250A ANL fuses for sale, check out the link in my sig.

 

[kotec123 10+ year member]

uhmmm thanks for the link and the offer, but im not running anywhere near 250a so ill pass on those nice fuses thanks! lol