Comparing 1/0 to 4/0.

[loopkiller 10+ year member]

Thank you, working on about 2 hours of sleep in the past 60 hours (son in the ER for most of it).//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

Sorry to hear that. I hope all is well. My son is home right now sick as well. Just a flu bug though. Nothing serious.

 

[QtrHorse 10+ year member]

Sorry to hear that. I hope all is well. My son is home right now sick as well. Just a flu bug though. Nothing serious.

Yes, he is doing much better now. He had a minor asthma attack.

 

[xtremebassjunky 10+ year member]

I thought...
smaller/more strands = more surface area

more surface area = less resistance

Right? So therefore the smaller but higher strand count would be more effective then the larger less strand count?

Or am i wrong in this?

there are only so many things that affect the current capacity of wire.

-surface area of the wire/ cross section of wire.

-- what you are mistaking is that the higher strand count is lowering the capacity when in reality all it is doing is using a lot more smaller strands that will together carry the same amount of current of a comparable size wire with thicker strands.

-length of the wire

-resistance of the wire ( I^2 x R)

 

[xtremebassjunky 10+ year member]

the "tin" coating doesn't affect the resistance at all? seems like it would, even if it was a small amount. i know that they do it for oxidation purposes.
idc either way. just curious..

the length of the wire is not long enough to make a very if any comparable difference