I've heard of 0 Guage wire, but...

[Darkhojo 10+ year member]

0 Guage doesn't make sense! Guage CANNOT be 0 EVER... it can be 1/16 Guage.. or 1/64 Guage.. but never zero.

If I'm not mistaken, wire guage is the same as shotgun gauge.

In a shotgun barrel (which is round at the tip, just like wiring) Guage is measured by the amount of lead balls, of the diamater of the barrell, it takes to make one pound.

So, for example, lets say you have a 12 gauge shotgun, or 12 gauge wire.

It will take 12 Lead balls, of the diamater of a 12 gauge shotgun, to equal one pound.

So, the bigger the diamater of the wire/barrel get, the less balls of that diamater it will take to equal one pound. That's why the gauge measurement of wire gets smaller, the bigger the wire gets.

So, lets say you go down to 1 guage. This means it will take one lead ball of the diamater of the wire, to equal one pound. In other words, make a perfect one-pound lead sphere, and you'll have the size of 1 gauge wire.

So lets say you went even bigger? Well, if math doesn't fail me, one would need to go down to 0.5 or 1/2 gauge, because it would take only one-half of a lead ball of the diamater of the wire to equal one pound. This would keep going into infinity and thus NEVER REACH ZERO.

So what's this 0 guage wire //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/bsflag.gif.21f42eccd34b7d1eb1608fb1b59b69c3.gif I'm hearing about?

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[Moe Lester 10+ year member]

0 gauge = ott gauge....

then youve got double ott, tripple ott, and so on

 

[Darkhojo 10+ year member]

Ott? Sorry, lingo newb

Yeah, it's still misleading though. I spent 20 mins arguing with my friend that there's no such thing as 0 gauge.. bastard just wouldn't get the picture.

 

[ANeonRider 10+ year member]

yes 1/0

2/0

etc etc etc

 

[Berry47 10+ year member]

0 Guage doesn't make sense! Guage CANNOT be 0 EVER... it can be 1/16 Guage.. or 1/64 Guage.. but never zero.

If I'm not mistaken, wire guage is the same as shotgun gauge.

In a shotgun barrel (which is round at the tip, just like wiring) Guage is measured by the amount of lead balls, of the diamater of the barrell, it takes to make one pound.

So, for example, lets say you have a 12 gauge shotgun, or 12 gauge wire.

It will take 12 Lead balls, of the diamater of a 12 gauge shotgun, to equal one pound.

So, the bigger the diamater of the wire/barrel get, the less balls of that diamater it will take to equal one pound. That's why the gauge measurement of wire gets smaller, the bigger the wire gets.

So, lets say you go down to 1 guage. This means it will take one lead ball of the diamater of the wire, to equal one pound. In other words, make a perfect one-pound lead sphere, and you'll have the size of 1 gauge wire.

So lets say you went even bigger? Well, if math doesn't fail me, one would need to go down to 0.5 or 1/2 gauge, because it would take only one-half of a lead ball of the diamater of the wire to equal one pound. This would keep going into infinity and thus NEVER REACH ZERO.

So what's this 0 guage wire //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/bsflag.gif.21f42eccd34b7d1eb1608fb1b59b69c3.gif I'm hearing about?

I'm sorry, but your wrong. Please come again.

 

[johnecon2001 5,000+ posts]

I'm sorry, but your wrong. Please come again.

thats some funny shiznatt right there. I love newbs who do no research on the subject of car audio. lmao

PS: Hooray 100th post!!

 

[n2audio 5,000+ posts]

Wire and shotguns are related only by the fact that they both contain metal.

However - wire gauge and hypodermic needles work the same. If you ever have to get an IV with a 14 ga needle HANG ON!

 

[Darkhojo 10+ year member]

I'm sorry, but your wrong. Please come again.

http://shopswarf.orcon.net.nz/wiregage.html

I think I've just answered my own question, but thanks for giving me the facts before flaming.

How stupid of me to assume that measurements would be universal! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/banghead.gif.8606515f668c74f6de0281deb475b6fd.gif

This is why science uses metric..

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

so where can you get , lets say 2\0 or 3\0 wire?

what is "camlock"? it says "4\0" and "0000" so im guessing thats 4ott... i found a site that says "4 Ott- 100' Camlock 15.00" but that does NOT seem correct. maybe its got a low amount of strands or somthing?

i found this too... heat chart per amp telling you how many amps will melt a wire. fairly helpful if you want to fuse your stuff eh?

http://www.bnoack.com/index.html?http&&&www.bnoack.com/data/wire-resistance.html

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

well this is a picture of a camlock;

http://www.wireandcableconnection.com/connectors/images/camlock1016.jpg

seems quite a good "quick connect" to me.

 

[Drowner 10+ year member]

I don't know if it's normally shortened to 'ott' but it's actually spelled 'ought'.

Here is a good article:

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-K8hvJv2frh1/tech/kb69.html

 

[UndercoverPunk 5,000+ posts]

Wire and shotguns are related only by the fact that they both contain metal.
However - wire gauge and hypodermic needles work the same. If you ever have to get an IV with a 14 ga needle HANG ON!

cool, so I could run 2 gauge from a battery and stick the ends straight into my ears??? KICKASS, I'll make an excursion vid!//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[VoTran24 10+ year member]

ahhh...who gives a ****...all that matters is the lower the gauge # the thicker the wire.

 

[req 5,000+ posts]

not nessicairly. 4\0 is thicker than 1\0

i just cant seem to find any 4\0 wire - can anyone find someplace to ge it?

 

[Moe Lester 10+ year member]

not nessicairly. 4\0 is thicker than 1\0
i just cant seem to find any 4\0 wire - can anyone find someplace to ge it?

http://www.weldingsupply.com

duh..