high quality power cable - home depot?!

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

Its not the small a difference when you are running 20-40 feet of it. Plus, I find it difficult to find car audio wire less than $2 foot for 0 ga. I bought car audio wire because it came in a kit. I perfer the convience of buying everything in a kit rather than piece by piece. That is why I chose car audio cabling.

 

[broke1 10+ year member]

WTF ROFL
Totaly different Ideas here, your CAN't use a Home Circuit breaker for a car, Unless your car is AC? WTH lol

Wire is wire. I like car audio 1/0 cas I can keep ground and power color coded and because it will all match 4ga 8ga etc... Do they make 8ga welding wire or below? Welding wire would work just as well!

Yes you can use a home circut breaker in a car.

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

Maybe more complex but weve all seen people use them succesfully in car app's.Just trying to make a point that just because it works doesnt make it "right"...

Your beliefs don't make it "wrong" to use it either. It does a perfectly good job. Besides, if you are doing a high-class install you shouldn't be able to see the wires anyways. Us SPL guys, we could give two shits if you can see our wires. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Even when i'm out of school and have a good paying job, i'm not gonna spend the extra 30-60 cents on wire. Whats the point? It has no advantages over the more expensive stuff besides a better looking jacket.

 

[Tirefryr 10+ year member]

Maybe more complex but weve all seen people use them succesfully in car app's.Just trying to make a point that just because it works doesnt make it "right"...

True, but with the vast differences between wire and circuit breakers, I think it's a moot point.

Not a bad discussion. . .

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

I haven't seen AC current circut breakers in car audio. Maybe I am just a newbie. Where I work for buys more electricity that the forum combines. We have tests that consume enough electricty to power homes for months. But that don't make me an expert does it?

BTW I work for the air force, Arnold Engineering and Development Center....http://www.arnold.af.mil ---> we test jet engines and have wind tunnels that can hit mach 10.

 

[Tirefryr 10+ year member]

Besides, if you are doing a high-class install you shouldn't be able to see the wires anyways.

I don't know. Sometimes I like to see a nice open, clean wiring job. Some special routing and clean drawn lines can accent a good install and be a highlight. It all depends on the install though.

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

I don't know. Sometimes I like to see a nice open, clean wiring job. Some special routing and clean drawn lines can accent a good install and be a highlight. It all depends on the install though.

I like to keep things hidden as often as i can. But since i have the SPL install in there's always wires all over the place because i'm constantly switching things out. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

So, until the competition season is over, its piles of wires for me!! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[Tirefryr 10+ year member]

I like to keep things hidden as often as i can. But since i have the SPL install in there's always wires all over the place because i'm constantly switching things out. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
So, until the competition season is over, its piles of wires for me!! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

Hey, easy access in case repair are needed. That's where it's at in your field.

 

[tommyk90 5,000+ posts]

Hey, easy access in case repair are needed. That's where it's at in your field.

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[fancynapkin 10+ year member]

you can get some wire from http://www.KnuKonceptz.com for cheap
My Friend got some welding wire 1/0 and it was basicaly the same thing, only the Knu Wire has a little higher strand count (probably) and the wires are tinned and it looks cooler (colored)...Basicaly the same thing though...

Im using knu wire right now, and sorry to tell you, it/they blow. Terrible customer service, awful packaging, slow ship times, and the wire is, well, cheap. The terminals they give you **** (dont stay on), the fuse I got was faulty, I could go on and on, but you get the point. If you want a wiring kit, get some tsunami stuff instead.

 

[DiamondFanatic 10+ year member]

I have not used welding wire in any installation, or seen it used in person so I am not even going to begin to comment on which is better, but I will always use car audio wiring in my car. I have the kicker 4awg in my car, which is incredibly flexible, silver tinned, a nice color and looks like it should last forever. My cost on it may have been $.94 a foot, but I consider it money well spent.

 

[bri487 5,000+ posts]

I have not used welding wire in any installation, or seen it used in person so I am not even going to begin to comment on which is better, but I will always use car audio wiring in my car. I have the kicker 4awg in my car, which is incredibly flexible, silver tinned, a nice color and looks like it should last forever. My cost on it may have been $.94 a foot, but I consider it money well spent.

stinger 1/0 retails for $4 a foot i think.

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

I can't believe you all actually wasted your time trying to dispute with someone as ignorant and simple minded as broke1.

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

you can get it from hifisoundconnection.com for around $2/ft for 0 ga

 

[jimmclrk1 10+ year member]

I guess now that I think about it, the power cable doesnt really matter when your running it to a cheap amp into a cheap woofer from a battery. It might make a difference if you have really accurate stuff and need a cable to match it.

A really accurate power cable?