Got some free heavy duty wire. Is it good enough to use for the BIG 3??

[joelx21 10+ year member]

I work in an elementary school and the idiots that have some kind of heavy machinery business tossed a bunch of wire into our field. It looked very thick, so I decided to bring it home and see if I could possible use it for the BIG 3.

Originally, I was going to go with 0 gauge. How does this wire compare?

All 6 cables are from a company called Cobra Wire and Cable Inc.

Here's the link to these cables

cobrawire.com/products/battery.php

(You'll have to copy and paste it. Since I'm new, this website won't allow me to post any links. It has the specs for both 3/0 and 1 AWG wires)

I have two 3/0 AWG cables Voltage: 600:

- 5 feet 1 inch

- 3 feet

I have four 1 AWG cables Voltage: 600:

- 4 feet 8 inches

- 4 feet 6 inches

- 3 feet 9 inches

- 3 feet 9 inches

Which wire would be the best?

0 Gauge wire?

3/0 AWG wire?

1 AWG wire?

Thanks,

Joel

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[Mitch86 5,000+ posts]

Its battery cable, so it will work fine for the big 3.the 1 awg is just under the size of 1/0. It should work fine for the big 3. If you wanna go extreme, I guess you could use the 3/0! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[CHEMMINS 10+ year member]

Use the 3/0.....do it once and forget about it.