Doubling up wire?

[Bobby322 10+ year member]

Say you run a length of 4 guage wire two times from, the battery to the amp, or where ever it may be...will it be almost the same as or close to running 1 length of say 1/0?

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[grimreper912003 5,000+ posts]

270 amps. 1/0 gauge is 245 amps you will be 2/0 gauge i believe.

 

[bizzy07 10+ year member]

Yea its pretty close; dual 4 gauge might be a hair over so you should be good.

 

[WOT]

I think youd be in the ball park of 2 gauge. Defientely not MORE than 1/0 like the poster above said

Just do it right the first time and spend $50 on 1/0 or even 2/0 weld cable from weldsupply

 

[prcwitt 10+ year member]

It should be i have 2 runs of 4 gauge going from my front battery to my 2 rear batteries and i havent had a problem. The only reason i did though is because i already had 4 gauge ran and i didnt have any 1/0 long enough and i was trying to get to a show.

 

[grimreper912003 5,000+ posts]

270 amps. 1/0 gauge is 245 amps you will be 2/0 gauge i believe.

No guessing. From tha AWG table ^^^

 

[fbi90909 5,000+ posts]

Don't get no welding cable. That shits ghetto, get some 1/0 cable from knu.

 

[Bobby322 10+ year member]

Yeah Ill get 1/0 next paycheck //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif until then I guess im going to try to double up some 4 guage

 

[BeAlLsTaR13 10+ year member]

1 peice of 4g knu wire contains just over 2000 strands, their 1/0g wire contains 51xx strands (IIRC) so 2 runs of 4g will be just under 1/0 wire (if you go with knu)

id just go with 1/0, 2 runs of it ;o

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

some quality amps have dual power wire inputs

 

[Crownvicon28s 10+ year member]

2 4 gauge and 1 8 gauge run is equal to 0 gauge. So no, 2 4 gauge runs is not equal to 0 gauge. As mentioned earlier it is around 2 gauge.

 

[grimreper912003 5,000+ posts]

1 peice of 4g knu wire contains just over 2000 strands, their 1/0g wire contains 51xx strands (IIRC) so 2 runs of 4g will be just under 1/0 wire (if you go with knu)
id just go with 1/0, 2 runs of it ;o

Strand count doesnt mean shit.

House 6 gauge is one strand. That doesnt mean it can or can not handle more current then multiple strand 16 gauge. Strand count is more important in flexablity.

 

[Crownvicon28s 10+ year member]

Strand count doesnt mean shit.
House 6 gauge is one strand. That doesnt mean it can or can not handle more current then multiple strand 16 gauge. Strand count is more important in flexablity.

I was thinking the same thing.