high quality power cable - home depot?!

[fancynapkin 10+ year member]

I was reading "the absolute sound" which is a well reknowned hifi stereo magzine. For some of their systems they reccomended home depot hd-14G power cable. I was thinking, if HD carried heavier guage cable, would this be a good choice for power cable in a car stereo? Its funny because they usually have some crazy handcrafted german cable that costs hundreds, but no, its home depot cable. Just thought I mention it.

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[kuijo 10+ year member]

Most people just say, wire is wire. Which from what i've read up on is true unless ur talking about a signal carrying wire.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

TAS is a joke.

Power cable is power cable - as long as the current handling ability is there...use it.

 

[SSS 18734 5,000+ posts]

I've never seen anything larger than 10 guage at a HD. They carry 14 guage wire, which is just fine, but the insulation jacket is monsterous and the same wire can be purchased elsewhere for cheaper.

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

Any wire will due as long as it's the proper guage size for your application.

 

[HeatSeeker 10+ year member]

HD wire is garbage. I got a few feet of 4ga there once and it was made up of like 8 huge strands, shit was stiffer than me at a strip club on x.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

HD wire is garbage. I got a few feet of 4ga there once and it was made up of like 8 huge strands, shit was stiffer than me at a strip club on x.

That's what it is...not really "garbage", but it's not meant for being very flexible //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Welding cable is much, much, much more flexible. And usually cheaper than "car audio wire".

 

[HeatSeeker 10+ year member]

For 4ga or larger, youre better off going to weldingsupply.com (unless you have some seriously good hook-ups). 30ft of 0/1g and 12ft of 4g cost me about 35bux shipped //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif

 

[nissanrider06 10+ year member]

that 4 awg wire at HD that is like 8 thick strands is not meant for carstereo, its only like 20 amps and cant be used for amps and stuff it wont carry more than 10-20 amps

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

that 4 awg wire at HD that is like 8 thick strands is not meant for carstereo, its only like 20 amps and cant be used for amps and stuff it wont carry more than 10-20 amps

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If it's really 4awg...it'll handle more than 20A //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

I meant it's not meant for car stereo because of the lack of flexibility...you don't tend to care about that in direct burial home installation. But the current carrying ability is fine...

 

[nametaken 10+ year member]

I was gonna buy some o gauge lowes/hd home use wire, but man was that UBER hard. I figured ill pay the extra 10-15 bucks and get some flexible easy to run wire(which i did).

 

[bri487 5,000+ posts]

I was gonna buy some o gauge lowes/hd home use wire, but man was that UBER hard. I figured ill pay the extra 10-15 bucks and get some flexible easy to run wire(which i did).

yes, the more expensive the more flexable. thats why i went with stinger for 1/0 awg in my truck and stinger for 2/0 in my boat.

 

[Acidburn 5,000+ posts]

yes, the more expensive the more flexable. thats why i went with stinger for 1/0 awg in my truck and stinger for 2/0 in my boat.

not really, welding supply wire is actually pretty **** flexible

 

[bri487 5,000+ posts]

not really, welding supply wire is actually pretty **** flexible

yes, but high end welding cable is the same way. the more expensive the more flexable. the cheaper the stiffer.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

yes, but high end welding cable is the same way. the more expensive the more flexable. the cheaper the stiffer.

Not as a rule...even if there such a thing as "high-end welding cable" //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif