Anyone use Raptor Wire?

[Oak244 10+ year member]

I have some 0 awg Raptor wire, I have not installed yet, and was wondering if anyone has used it before? Whats your opinion of its 0 awg wire?

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[negativezeroz 5,000+ posts]

"Generally" wire is wire.(given the material and thickness are same) Any pics of it cuz it could be really like closer to 2 or 4awg. Ive never used Raptor wire but yeah...

 

[Oak244 10+ year member]

My Power supply for my computer is to be delivered today. Waiting for UPS, then I should be able to load pictures... I do not have a way to compare 0 awg wire right now. It just seems from pictures I have seen of other wire, there seems to be a lot less wire, and a lot more covering on the raptor wire, then that of other wire I have seen pictures of.

Measured the wire is 1/4" thick and the total wire is 5/8" thick

 

[Speedyd718 10+ year member]

i used raptor wire in my cavy that i bought from thunder9500 on the forum. still using it in my roadmonster.

 

[Oak244 10+ year member]

I am going to be running a 4 amps system with a Max of 300 Amps of pull. Average will probably be closer to 150-180 amps. I just want to make sure I doo not start a fire with insufficient wire lol!

 

[Speedyd718 10+ year member]

i'd probably run a few runs of 0awg then. so u don't have so much voltage drops across the lines. where u at in the oH?

 

[knukonceptz 10+ year member]

1/0 cable (or 0 ) as indicated by American WIre Gauge would be 9.5mm diameter for stranded cable or more importantly 53.475 mm^2 (area).

So thats roughly 3/8 of an inch, a quarter of an inch equals 6.35mm. Maybe you measured wrong cause that would be 3 gauge:

conductor size 3 AWG

area 26.670 mm^2 (square-mm)

area 52635 CM (circular mil)

diameter 265.0 mil (1)

diameter 6.731 mm (1)

DC-resistance 0.000659 Ohm/m

tensil strength 800.11 kgf (2)

weight 237.100 kg/km (Cu)

weight 72.010 kg/km (Al)

 

[SBLAZER]

im runnin 0ga raptor now, havent had any prob wit it yet, gonna take it out though and run some tsunami

 

[Oak244 10+ year member]

lol I have a CAD degree, so No I measured right. The radius of the copper is 1/4" across. From the one side of the rubber protection of the wire to the other is a total of 5/8". I just had a feeling the deal could have been a rip off. I have some Knu 0 awg wire on the way to use as my Big 3 update, I will compare the two companies wires then.

 

[Oak244 10+ year member]

i'd probably run a few runs of 0awg then. so u don't have so much voltage drops across the lines. where u at in the oH?

I live in Troy, OH just north of Dayton off I75

 

[johnecon2001 5,000+ posts]

Raptor is the poor mans wire. It is a little smaller than normal 1/0awg, but it'll still get the job done fine. Tsunami is another great brand.. still retaining low cost with better stand count.

 

[killahbean 10+ year member]

Not a big jump from raptor to tsunami! FRom what I know tsunami makes raptor...

 

[johnecon2001 5,000+ posts]

Not a big jump from raptor to tsunami! FRom what I know tsunami makes raptor...

And?

Metra makes them both. Side to side comparison tsunami has more strands. A significant more.

 

[killahbean 10+ year member]

I was just sayin....its always good to do it right the first time...instead of upgrading again and again later on.....I bought my roll of 1/0 awg raptor wire the same time as speedy did through thunder9500 but I never even used it....

 

[knukonceptz 10+ year member]

Measured the wire is 1/4" thick and the total wire is 5/8" thick

lol I have a CAD degree, so No I measured right. The radius of the copper is 1/4" across. From the one side of the rubber protection of the wire to the other is a total of 5/8".

Ok, Radius and Diameter are two different things....please clarify what you typed then //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif