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<blockquote data-quote="Savant" data-source="post: 125633" data-attributes="member: 546108"><p>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)..</p><p></p><p>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?)..</p><p></p><p>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..</p><p></p><p>Here is the site <a href="http://www.weldingdepot.com/" target="_blank">http://www.weldingdepot.com/</a> .. look under 'welding cable' on the front page, right hand side under arc welding..</p><p></p><p>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 ..</p><p></p><p>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..</p><p></p><p>Happy power wire hunting! Hope this is useful info for you...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Savant, post: 125633, member: 546108"] 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 [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif[/IMG] ) 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 [URL="http://www.weldingdepot.com/"]http://www.weldingdepot.com/[/URL] .. 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... [/QUOTE]
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