power and ground wire

[RollinRemz05 10+ year member]

I probably installed about 10 systems in my time and I have a question. Power wire and ground wire is made out of the same stuff right? I know its prolly a stupid question but I just wanna make sure im right before I go and use the same wire for 2 differewnt things. Dont hate lol. Thanks in advance!

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[Railrocker 10+ year member]

yes.

 

[Lowjacker 10+ year member]

It's the exact same stuff.

 

[bjfish11 5,000+ posts]

same, just generally a different colored jacket.

 

[reneeb7363 10+ year member]

never a stupid question...... unless it has already been asked....lol

power and ground wire is the same because in essence what you are doing is creating a circuit from and back to supply...in this case the battery. What IS IMPORTANT is to make sure you are using a large enough ga. to properly "feed" the component transferring this energy into sound, light, etc.

DC power is not as efficient as AC so make sure you use a lower resistance....ie: multi-stranded, wire and your ground is VERY solidly terminated to the chassis of the vehicle...since this is where the battery is grounded the return path of the electrons is easier/less resistance.

 

[Hydrastas 10+ year member]

my ground wire is gold and my power wire is made out of oxidized atactic polypropylene

 

[RollinRemz05 10+ year member]

Thanks alot

 

[bjfish11 5,000+ posts]

my ground wire is gold and my power wire is made out of oxidized atactic polypropylene

How many carats?

 

[Hydrastas 10+ year member]

lets just say that it weighs 8 pounds

 

[Hydrastas 10+ year member]

it's right about 23.99 carat