1/0 Welding Wire Vs 1/0 Alumnium Wire

[loopkiller 10+ year member]

I want to replace my seat belts with 1/0 wire, how many strands of Knu Fleks CCA will I need to protect me in a 180mph front end crash? If I use Kicker Flex, could I use less?

EDIT: This is for my turbo Cobalt bishes

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

Flecks CCA is good up to 65mph, so 3 runs should hold up to 180mph

go with 2 runs of the kicker

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

LOL!!! you guys are too much.
IMO welding wire> any car audio wire.

It's well worth spending the little extra money for welding wire. It's housing is rated to withstand higher temperatures for use under the hood. Most welding wire also has cardboard insulation as a extra line of defense.

from what i've seen, welding cable is cheaper than CA wire. i have some welding that has a PVC or nylon (or something like that) inner casing

 

[TurdFergueson2 5,000+ posts]

I want to replace my seat belts with 1/0 wire, how many strands of Knu Fleks CCA will I need to protect me in a 180mph front end crash? If I use Kicker Flex, could I use less?
EDIT: This is for my turbo Cobalt bishes

Seatbelts are for ladyboys.

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

Flecks CCA is good up to 65mph, so 3 runs should hold up to 180mph
go with 2 runs of the kicker

and you can use those Forklift 1/0 quick disconnects for the latch! Marvelous!!

 

[loopkiller 10+ year member]

Flecks CCA is good up to 65mph, so 3 runs should hold up to 180mph
go with 2 runs of the kicker

from what i've seen, welding cable is cheaper than CA wire. i have some welding that has a PVC or nylon (or something like that) inner casing

OK so I am sold on this welding wire now. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

How many strands of 1/0 welding wire do I need for my Cobalt seat belt project?

And I also am thinking about adding the Mr Fusion + flux cap, so I might need to have it rated to withstand 230+mph in the future.

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

you only need 1 run of welding cable.

shit's ridiculously strong //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[pr-festiva 10+ year member]

if you use the flux cap you only have to make it to 88 MPH then you will see some serious shyt

 

[loopkiller 10+ year member]

you only need 1 run of welding cable.

shit's ridiculously strong //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

Man you sure know your

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

i try these things, and i tell you the truth //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

i would not tell you that you need 3 runs of flecks CCA if i had not already tried it w/ 2 and failed.

 

[gotparts90 10+ year member]

So to get the same benefit out of 1/0 copper, you need 2/0 CCA?

It can be brand dependent but if you have AL wire that is 1/0 rated for X amount of amps then compare to Cu wire at the same amps you will find the Cu thinner and that's easier to work with I think. Every one always post pics of their wire like thicker is better but Al is crap and has to be thicker because it is not as good as Cu.

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

It can be brand dependent but if you have AL wire that is 1/0 rated for X amount of amps then compare to Cu wire at the same amps you will find the Cu thinner and that's easier to work with I think. Every one always post pics of their wire like thicker is better but Al is crap and has to be thicker because it is not as good as Cu.

thicker is better. if it's copper esp. moar copper = moar power

 

[McIntosh 10+ year member]

Sorry kids, 1/0 aluminum varies from 205 down to 150 amps (depending on the specific type of insulation). Thats from the National Electrical Code book, not some cheesy web site selling 2000W/ch amps that weigh 8 pounds. Fake watts and fake horsepower are all the rage nowadays. A horsepower used to mean 746 watts, now I have a 5.75HP shopvac running on a 15A circuit???? Bullshit. I guess you need to divide by three to get a real number nowadays. My 250 WPC amp (home) weighs 96 lbs. It has a REAL power supply and REAL caps and puts out a REAL 250/channel! You'd have to upgrade the suspension on your rat cars to hold up amps that actually put out what they claim. Real amps don't need external caps, that's supposed to be part of the designed power supply. Competition amps, LOL!

 

[pr-festiva 10+ year member]

so your saying car amps can't put out as much as they claim?,,all of them or just the realy cheesy ones?

 

[McIntosh 10+ year member]

i think mcintosh talks out his ***...

BTW Einstein, the length of wire has NO EFFECT on it's current carrying ability. It will affect voltage drop, however. Not an issue in car audio. 1/0 aluminum is .201 ohms per 1000'. When I weld we always use the standard leads for hundreds of feet, never a problem. I do it for a living. You probably don't run into much of that sort of thing at Burger King. I KNOW you're talking out of your ***.