Home Depot 3/0 wire, YAY OR NAY??!??!

[tanky321 10+ year member]

If you get the 3/0 from home depot make sure its THHN. THHN is oil and gasoline resistant, but like said before its gonna be a ***** to bend. It will carry current just as well as automotive wire.

 

[Chevyaudio 5,000+ posts]

PM njsm and ask him where he ordered his spindle @... I support small bussiness, but from my experience, car audio shops are always out to rip you off.

nG works for Circuit City...So Dealer Accomodations.

 

[gl0ck 10+ year member]

unless you spend soo much time in there, or get a job in there, or know someone that works there thats in really good with the owner that you've known since kindergarden...lol, otherwise i'd forget about walking into a car audio shop cept to check out equipment.

Where is this?

 

[ssj2xxgotenxx 10+ year member]

unless you spend soo much time in there, or get a job in there, or know someone that works there thats in really good with the owner that you've known since kindergarden...lol, otherwise i'd forget about walking into a car audio shop cept to check out equipment.

It's so funny when you ask them how much for a specific item, and they tell you 3x what it's worth. Of course, most of us would then counter their obsurd prices with online prices, and they get hostle and feriously upset. I like to push their buttons that way, and when they say, "Then go to ebay and buy it there" I respond with, "hey that's not a bad idea! Thanks for the great idea " That's when they get SUPER MAD! The best part about it is I never go in there with the intention of buying anything.

 

[draarong2004 10+ year member]

It's so funny when you ask them how much for a specific item, and they tell you 3x what it's worth. Of course, most of us would then counter their obsurd prices with online prices, and they get hostle and feriously upset. I like to push their buttons that way, and when they say, "Then go to ebay and buy it there" I respond with, "hey that's not a bad idea! Thanks for the great idea " That's when they get SUPER MAD! The best part about it is I never go in there with the intention of buying anything.

oh then if they figure out you have no intentions of buying anything, then it gets really interesting, like they are physically trying to push you out of the store.....lol

heck most the time i'll refer to a pirce of something that i seen on a site like etronics.com that most of the time ends up eing a lil cheaper than ebay depending on what time you get it...

 

[pickup1 5,000+ posts]

try it,i used welding cable before.got it at skycraft surplus in winterpark when i lived in orlando.

heres a big 3 upgrade...http://www.edesignaudio.com/wire_cat.php?catid=48

 

[BassAddictJ 5,000+ posts]

ya i figured that much so.........flexiblity is all all the kicker wire really has over it....i mean ive been running 2500w rms for about 2 weeks now and the wires arnt any hotter than the hot from the engine.....i had a fealing the guy was totally bullshitting me........

but it was the sheer sexiness and the fexibility of the kicker wire that sold me.....and if i was willing to wait i could have gotten it for half the price i paid....but thats what u get for the convience of it being right there

and then i charge it to my credit card....and the guy starts *****ing about thyier credit charge after they gave me such a killer deal........i almost told him to eat a dick but i was so pissed that i accually spent 110 on wire and accessories that i kept my mouth shut......

...and htis is one of these reasons i refuse to work at a stereo shop and i like doing installs for people at thier house and on my own......most small shops get thier profit from grossly over priceing thier shit (compared to online) and massive labor costs.....and for people that dont knwo a thing about car audio thats one thing...but for DIY people like us, with the knowledge and ability to find the same shit for cheaop and install it ourselves, it's aburd to pay what these slimmy assholes want us to pay...granted you have to mark up the price to run a successful business...but jesus i feel dirty walking out of there haveing given them my money......

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

It's so funny when you ask them how much for a specific item, and they tell you 3x what it's worth. Of course, most of us would then counter their obsurd prices with online prices, and they get hostle and feriously upset. I like to push their buttons that way, and when they say, "Then go to ebay and buy it there" I respond with, "hey that's not a bad idea! Thanks for the great idea " That's when they get SUPER MAD! The best part about it is I never go in there with the intention of buying anything.

You can't fault a shop for its prices, if they're pricing competitively...after all, the point of a shop is to make a profit, and to do that they have to cover costs an online retailer doesn't have. Bet it's a whole lot cheaper to lease warehouse space than it is to lease floor space for a brick & mortar store //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

You can, however, fault the employees for being idiots.

 

[BassAddictJ 5,000+ posts]

You can't fault a shop for its prices, if they're pricing competitively...after all, the point of a shop is to make a profit, and to do that they have to cover costs an online retailer doesn't have. Bet it's a whole lot cheaper to lease warehouse space than it is to lease floor space for a brick & mortar store //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif
You can, however, fault the employees for being idiots.

first paragraph...i agree

second paragraph/sentence..... Word.... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[ga12r 10+ year member]

It's so funny when you ask them how much for a specific item, and they tell you 3x what it's worth. Of course, most of us would then counter their obsurd prices with online prices, and they get hostle and feriously upset. I like to push their buttons that way, and when they say, "Then go to ebay and buy it there" I respond with, "hey that's not a bad idea! Thanks for the great idea " That's when they get SUPER MAD! The best part about it is I never go in there with the intention of buying anything.

Dealers are not trying to rip people off, we are just trying to keep our doors open. You must realize that most equipment online is sold at or below dealer. How are we suppossed to compete with that and still look good to you guys. It is very frustrating.

And to you guys who say screw local dealers, or I only go in their to look at product, you are only making it worse. Car audio is were it is today because of small B&Ms. Most B&Ms got started by guys like us that enjoyed the hobby, not to rip people off. In a few years it is gonna be hard to find B&Ms, the internet will take over. When this happens you can kiss your local comps goodbuy. There will be no one to host them. Then the highend mobile SQ/SPL manufacturers will decline because the only B&Ms will be CC and BB. They are not gonna push highend products. There may come a point in the not so distant future when sony Xplode may be considered highend because they have no competiton. Companies like Atomic, IA, RE, DD,and other manufactures of highend SPL products will have no market. NO comps mean no market. Smll B&Ms are still the meat of this industry but the internet will be the indusries downfall.

 

[draarong2004 10+ year member]

as for the wire running as hot as the engine, lemme know the next time a wire gets to around 800-1200 degrese on a daily basis? matter fact, take a lighter, hold it under the wire, and see how long it takes to melt, because a lighter barely gets to 800 degrese, if it even gets to 500, depending on how close it is. and that'll tell you if the wire will survive, just don't put it in the flame otherwise experiment failed, just about anything will catch with an open flame //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[drpeeb 10+ year member]

Dealers are not trying to rip people off, we are just trying to keep our doors open. You must realize that most equipment online is sold at or below dealer. How are we suppossed to compete with that and still look good to you guys. It is very frustrating.
And to you guys who say screw local dealers, or I only go in their to look at product, you are only making it worse. Car audio is were it is today because of small B&Ms. Most B&Ms got started by guys like us that enjoyed the hobby, not to rip people off. In a few years it is gonna be hard to find B&Ms, the internet will take over. When this happens you can kiss your local comps goodbuy. There will be no one to host them. Then the highend mobile SQ/SPL manufacturers will decline because the only B&Ms will be CC and BB. They are not gonna push highend products. There may come a point in the not so distant future when sony Xplode may be considered highend because they have no competiton. Companies like Atomic, IA, RE, DD,and other manufactures of highend SPL products will have no market. NO comps mean no market. Smll B&Ms are still the meat of this industry but the internet will be the indusries downfall.

I'm an engineer, not a retailer, but I think people go into a store for these two main reasons: 1) To see/ touch/ feel a product in person rather than just seeing pictures on the internet, and 2) Hoping for a price for that product that's at least comparable to what they've seen on the internet. Now ... If you go in to see it, decide you like it, but then buy it somewhere off the internet, just realize that you may not have the option of seeing it/ touching it/ feeling it, or buying it, next time.

 

[McIntosh 10+ year member]

I'm an engineer, not a retailer, but I think people go into a store for these two main reasons: 1) To see/ touch/ feel a product in person rather than just seeing pictures on the internet, and 2) Hoping for a price for that product that's at least comparable to what they've seen on the internet. Now ... If you go in to see it, decide you like it, but then buy it somewhere off the internet, just realize that you may not have the option of seeing it/ touching it/ feeling it, or buying it, next time.

Well put. Radio Shack still exists however. If I need a ceramic fuse for my microwave, they're there. How they still exist I'm unsure. High prices are not a concern when I NEED IT NOW. There must be enough demand. I've been grateful more than once for their overpriced, readily available wares.

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

Well put. Radio Shack still exists however. If I need a ceramic fuse for my microwave, they're there. How they still exist I'm unsure. High prices are not a concern when I NEED IT NOW. There must be enough demand. I've been grateful more than once for their overpriced, readily available wares.

holy old thread, batman.

 

[speedfreak28 10+ year member]

so was this the wire that led to his car spontaneously combusting??