Savant
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Duke of DOH!
Ok, here's the deal.. Most 'car audio' wire costs $2.50+ / ft (for 2 AWG or 1 AWG or 0 AWG).. The 0 AWG wire can hold ~260 amps at 17 ft (and 0 AWG is usually around ~$4.00 ft)..
Someone mentioned 'welding wire' at some point, so I started looking around.. I was in Home Depot and noticed a 225 amp welder with 4 AWG wire, the lead was about 6 ft long.. They don't carry replacemant wire at Home Depot.. so I went to the web. This site has wire.. from #4 (I'm guessing ~ 2 AWG for normal people, even though it probably says 4AWG on the wire like it did at Home Depot) down to 4/0 (0000, right?)..
The kicker.. I just got a 25 ft. spanse of their #2 wire (rated at ~250 amps at 25 ft, but I'll be well under that so I should be able to hold my ~265 at full power, not that I'll ever get to full power //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif ) for $0.73/ft.. yeah.. 73 cents a foot, not $3+.. The only down side is you have to have a $25 minimum purchase.. and the minimum wire length is 25 ft as well.. But, if a few people wanted to go in together (NOT WITH ME, I ALREADY ORDERED) they could save a TON of money on big power wire.. The only other down side is it doesn't look pretty, just black wire..
Here is the site http://www.weldingdepot.com/ .. look under 'welding cable' on the front page, right hand side under arc welding..
I ended up getting some hearing protection (LOL, for when I go shooting.. tired of little foam plugs) to fill my order to $25.. there was $10 shipping ..
Now I have to get a fuse for by the battery and a distro block.. might be able to use the left over #2 to wire the amps, that would be nice if I didn't have to get more wire.. course, 5 ft of 4 AWG isn't expensive.. so.. we'll see..
Happy power wire hunting! Hope this is useful info for you...
Someone mentioned 'welding wire' at some point, so I started looking around.. I was in Home Depot and noticed a 225 amp welder with 4 AWG wire, the lead was about 6 ft long.. They don't carry replacemant wire at Home Depot.. so I went to the web. This site has wire.. from #4 (I'm guessing ~ 2 AWG for normal people, even though it probably says 4AWG on the wire like it did at Home Depot) down to 4/0 (0000, right?)..
The kicker.. I just got a 25 ft. spanse of their #2 wire (rated at ~250 amps at 25 ft, but I'll be well under that so I should be able to hold my ~265 at full power, not that I'll ever get to full power //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif ) for $0.73/ft.. yeah.. 73 cents a foot, not $3+.. The only down side is you have to have a $25 minimum purchase.. and the minimum wire length is 25 ft as well.. But, if a few people wanted to go in together (NOT WITH ME, I ALREADY ORDERED) they could save a TON of money on big power wire.. The only other down side is it doesn't look pretty, just black wire..
Here is the site http://www.weldingdepot.com/ .. look under 'welding cable' on the front page, right hand side under arc welding..
I ended up getting some hearing protection (LOL, for when I go shooting.. tired of little foam plugs) to fill my order to $25.. there was $10 shipping ..
Now I have to get a fuse for by the battery and a distro block.. might be able to use the left over #2 to wire the amps, that would be nice if I didn't have to get more wire.. course, 5 ft of 4 AWG isn't expensive.. so.. we'll see..
Happy power wire hunting! Hope this is useful info for you...