haha read this

[THUNDERBIRD 10+ year member]

so this guy that i had a class with is trying to tell me this haha. this is kuz i told him he run 4 gauge for 2 amps instead of his 8 or even 10 gauge for that matter.

Dude, you don't need 4 gauge, I'm telling you dumbass. Look at normal power lines used by a power company, they're often 1/0. twice the sice of four gauge. They carry electricity at about 220volts at several thousand amps. Since electronic flow is directly relative, a wire half the size (4 gauge) would carry half the load no problem, thus 220volts at only a thousand amps. I've got the backround in electronics, and an IBEW electricians assurance, there's no need for 4 gauge. It looks good, and yes, there is slight loss on any wire, reduced by an increase in size, but the loss is negligable.

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[stones 10+ year member]

Theres a close relation between voltage and wire size.

 

[Mister X 10+ year member]

Were you guys having this conversation in remedial English class?

 

[THUNDERBIRD 10+ year member]

Were you guys having this conversation in remedial English class?

no acutally on facebook

 

[ToyTundra 10+ year member]

i think Mr. AC need to step away from the DC (and the AC for that matter).

 

[PhatTonyDeMarco 5,000+ posts]

i think Mr. AC need to step away from the DC (and the AC for that matter).

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[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

tell him to walk into his house and take a look at what amperage his house is.. then tell him to force all of the breakers over and shove a fork in an outlet

 

[THUNDERBIRD 10+ year member]

i just may have too

 

[maylar 10+ year member]

We use bigger wire than necessary in car audio because we want as close to zero voltage loss as possible. Losing 1/2 volt out of 220 is different than losing 1/2 volt out of 12.

 

[MA-3D 10+ year member]

The voltage running between the powerpoles on the street is actuall thousands of volts. It is not reduced to 220 until it gets to a transformer located somewhere near the houses it is being supplied to. The reason the voltage is so high is that if you were to try and send 220 out from the powerplant directly, by the time it arrived at the houses it was intended for, due to voltage drop it would be much below 220 V. Another reason the the voltage is so high is to reduce total amperage being sent through the supply wiring otherwise the wiring would have to be enourmous, much much bigger than 0 guage

 

[Naxis2k1 10+ year member]

The voltage running between the powerpoles on the street is actuall thousands of volts. It is not reduced to 220 until it gets to a transformer located somewhere near the houses it is being supplied to. The reason the voltage is so high is that if you were to try and send 220 out from the powerplant directly, by the time it arrived at the houses it was intended for, due to voltage drop it would be much below 220 V. Another reason the the voltage is so high is to reduce total amperage being sent through the supply wiring otherwise the wiring would have to be enourmous, much much bigger than 0 guage

i was just going to say the same thing.

lot simpler to send thousands of volts and low amp load through a wire and convert later down the line.... like stated above 220 volts/ 120 volts is only after the power transformer

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

so this guy that i had a class with is trying to tell me this haha. this is kuz i told him he run 4 gauge for 2 amps instead of his 8 or even 10 gauge for that matter.Dude, you don't need 4 gauge, I'm telling you dumbass. Look at normal power lines used by a power company, they're often 1/0. twice the sice of four gauge. They carry electricity at about 220volts at several thousand amps. Since electronic flow is directly relative, a wire half the size (4 gauge) would carry half the load no problem, thus 220volts at only a thousand amps. I've got the backround in electronics, and an IBEW electricians assurance, there's no need for 4 gauge. It looks good, and yes, there is slight loss on any wire, reduced by an increase in size, but the loss is negligable.

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Didn't they teach you Ohm's Law in that electricians' class?

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

Were you guys having this conversation in remedial English class?

2x...i was wondering how drunk he was when he posted that..

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

I'm moderately-to-severely intoxicated and even I saw the humor in that //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

I would ask for a refund.