Oxygen free wire, is it worth it?

[Engine_hp 10+ year member]

ive never had wire with that hefty of a jacket

its the taiwan 70mm sq,

yeah it has a good jacket

 

[Engine_hp 10+ year member]

good thread. usually doesnt the ability to flex partly come from the fact that it can compress?

the stiner also flexes good, next time ill deff go with the stinger over the Knu

EDIT: compressing the wire means reducing the wire diameter

 

[Engine_hp 10+ year member]

just to add a note,

the welding wire is also flexible but with smaller wire diameter but good thick jacket

 

[SocMunky 10+ year member]

Never saw much point in oxygen free wire...I mean, what happens when you pull back the jacket to attach the crimp? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

 

[bw_audio 10+ year member]

..

 

[davidfre21 5,000+ posts]

its the taiwan 70mm sq,
yeah it has a good jacket

im still kinda confused with why the comparison of the different wires? Only thing i could think is the 70mm2 wire is suppose to be 1/0 and isnt?

 

[Engine_hp 10+ year member]

im still kinda confused with why the comparison of the different wires? Only thing i could think is the 70mm2 wire is suppose to be 1/0 and isnt?

i think the 70mm2 i s the overall outer diameter of the wire.

the Knu 1/0 gauge has a 66.88mm2 writen on the wire and putting them side to side with the welding wire, the welding wire it a bit bigger.

ive said it be4 the welding wire is a 3gauge wire with a thick jacket.

 

[nauc 10+ year member]

OFC wont corrode as easy

/thread

 

[bose301s 5,000+ posts]

Wow, such stupidity in this thread. OFC means oxygen free copper, not that there isn't any oxygen inside the jacket, it means that there is no oxygen in the copper itself, therefor it has a lower resistivity, higher conductivity, and should not corrode. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen_free_copper

Also, the absolute best conductor is gold, not copper or silver, just figured I would clear that up.

 

[Brian_smith06 10+ year member]

why would you want to sufficate your wire?

 

[DownSouth954 10+ year member]

Also, the absolute best conductor is gold, not copper or silver, just figured I would clear that up.

errr, isn't it Silver?

 

[bose301s 5,000+ posts]

errr, isn't it Silver?

Could have sworn that my electronic materials class said it was gold but I must have been wrong as I just looked up the resistivities and silver is less than gold.

 

[n2audio 5,000+ posts]

Wow, such stupidity in this thread. OFC means oxygen free copper, not that there isn't any oxygen inside the jacket, it means that there is no oxygen in the copper itself, therefor it has a lower resistivity, higher conductivity, and should not corrode. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen_free_copper
Also, the absolute best conductor is gold, not copper or silver, just figured I would clear that up.

Could have sworn that my electronic materials class said it was gold but I must have been wrong as I just looked up the resistivities and silver is less than gold.

Yes, there does seem to be some "stupidity". Apparently after going to the trouble to find the wiki link you didn't bother to read it. It plainly states that both types of OFC (OFE and OF) have identical electrical properties to ETP (non OFC).

OFC vs NON OFC refers to the manufacturing process and has no effect on conductivity or corrosion. OFC was developed for industrial applications because it does not become brittle at extreme temps like ETP does.

OFC as it relates to audio has ALWAYS been about marketing.

 

[fbi90909 5,000+ posts]

in the end, it's just wire... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

To me, wire's wire. Whatever gets the job done for the least munny.