cheaper wire for ground run?

[luv2shrOOm 10+ year member]

i plan on running both pos and neg 1/0 to the rear battery, was wondering if i could use the good knu flex for the pos run, and the cheaper copper klad for the neg run. would save some cash but do i need the same type of wire?

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[luv2shrOOm 10+ year member]

by the way, this is for an suv, not the ranger

 

[malic 10+ year member]

dont u think the ground is just as important as the power?

 

[shaneb 10+ year member]

You don't NEED the same type of wire. Obviously the clad stuff will work, they sell it don't they?

Just buy a smaller run for the ground, and ground to chassis. It's the easiest route if you are trying to save money. If you are incapable of finding a chassis ground. Then ground to the body, and run a new ground from your battery to the body, thus creating a circuit.

But if you HAVE to run your ground to your battery, you can use the clad wire, but I don't see the need.

Plus, how much more is it to get the copper stuff? a couple bucks? 10 bucks? 10 bucks is worth getting good wire in my book.

 

[QtrHorse 10+ year member]

Your ground wire should be just as good or better than your pos wire. Two different brands if they were equal would be fine but not two different types of wire.

 

[99grandprixGT 5,000+ posts]

just use the knu klmx for both runs. problem solved.

 

[n2audio 5,000+ posts]

as long as the current requirements of the amp(s) don't exceed the 250A capacity of the CCA you should be fine. Then again, as GP said - if that's the case just use the CCA for (+) too.