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<blockquote data-quote="dragonrage" data-source="post: 7314265" data-attributes="member: 574321">I do know what I&#039;m talking about and no, that&#039;s not from voltage drop. It&#039;s from ripple. Also, a voltage drop generally does not cause more current draw. It causes a power drop. Yes, it is technically possible to put in circuitry to try and compensate for a voltage drop by raising the current, but you must understand all of the reasons that voltage drop happens. A stock alternator is going to run out of current to supply before the 4 gauge wire is saturated. And a lead acid battery doesn&#039;t react to load changes instantaneously and also, the internal resistance of a lead acid battery gets to be significant with significant loads. What you get as a result is a voltage drop. Yes, the wire is also going to drop some voltage, but you&#039;re not looking at the big picture here.P.S. I recommended 2 gauge wire. I simply said that 4 gauge won&#039;t burn. And it won&#039;t. Including at 1 ohm.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dragonrage, post: 7314265, member: 574321"] I do know what I'm talking about and no, that's not from voltage drop. It's from ripple. Also, a voltage drop generally does not cause more current draw. It causes a power drop. Yes, it is technically possible to put in circuitry to try and compensate for a voltage drop by raising the current, but you must understand all of the reasons that voltage drop happens. A stock alternator is going to run out of current to supply before the 4 gauge wire is saturated. And a lead acid battery doesn't react to load changes instantaneously and also, the internal resistance of a lead acid battery gets to be significant with significant loads. What you get as a result is a voltage drop. Yes, the wire is also going to drop some voltage, but you're not looking at the big picture here. P.S. I recommended 2 gauge wire. I simply said that 4 gauge won't burn. And it won't. Including at 1 ohm. [/QUOTE]

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