question about welding wire

[Boominburban]

run 2/0 welding cable, and you can pull 300 amps all day, all night, every day .....100% of the time .....

 

[93_Az_TransAm 10+ year member]

Oh ok cool so would 2/0 welding be good enough or should i get the 3/0 its like maybe $10 diff for the length

 

[93_Az_TransAm 10+ year member]

run 2/0 welding cable, and you can pull 300 amps all day, all night, every day .....100% of the time .....

And im guessing a 300amp fuse or should i got 280?

 

[adulbrich 5,000+ posts]

3/0 wuld be great, but probably not necessary. Yes, 300 amp fuse.

 

[93_Az_TransAm 10+ year member]

Ill probably go with 3/0 so when i upgrade in the future lol

 

[93_Az_TransAm 10+ year member]

Thanks guys and while ppl are here what do you think of a 250A output / 286A peak and a 160A idle alt?

 

[adulbrich 5,000+ posts]

I think that would be fine for a 3800.1

 

[93_Az_TransAm 10+ year member]

Hopefully i wont need another batt lol imna go measure how much wire i need right now but it should be short maybe 10ft or 13ft at the very very most

 

[chevyboy23]

i ordered 25ft of the 2/0 cci wire it was plenty flexable and all copper...I would say that its a tad bigger than ca 1/0 just becuse of how tight the 1/0 lugs fit..Love the stuff and for the price i would never buy anything else..25ft was just enough to do big 3 and run a second battery in trunk of 93 olds 88 royale...i run 4 12s and 2000watts rms...so make sure u get the 2/0 welding wire not 1/0..my 2 cents

 

[93_Az_TransAm 10+ year member]

i ordered 25ft of the 2/0 cci wire it was plenty flexable and all copper...I would say that its a tad bigger than ca 1/0 just becuse of how tight the 1/0 lugs fit..Love the stuff and for the price i would never buy anything else..25ft was just enough to do big 3 and run a second battery in trunk of 93 olds 88 royale...i run 4 12s and 2000watts rms...so make sure u get the 2/0 welding wire not 1/0..my 2 cents

Yea i need to change my sig but i threw out 1/0 the other day ill be putting in 3/0 since its only a little bit more than the 2/0 ill just have to get a step down lug for the amp

 

[Eggroll]

Yea i need to change my sig but i threw out 1/0 the other day ill be putting in 3/0 since its only a little bit more than the 2/0 ill just have to get a step down lug for the amp

Sorry to bump this back up

What terminal brand and size are you going to use for that welding wire?

 

[93_Az_TransAm 10+ year member]

Sorry to bump this back upWhat terminal brand and size are you going to use for that welding wire?

I have no idea lol ive never used them but once i get the wire i was gonna check around at local shops and see if anyone carrys them

 

[Popwarhomie 5,000+ posts]

Carquest has 4/0 copper terminals. I bought like 40 3/0 years ago for cheap from them.

 

[93_Az_TransAm 10+ year member]

Carquest has 4/0 copper terminals. I bought like 40 3/0 years ago for cheap from them.

Ill have to look into that i was thinking home depot or lowes for the terminals i dont think they'll carry the step downs to go into the amps though, does carquest carry those?

 

[Eggroll]

Ill have to look into that i was thinking home depot or lowes for the terminals i dont think they'll carry the step downs to go into the amps though, does carquest carry those?

2/0 shca = 4/0 welding wire, their amp inputs would be pretty good for 4/0 but idk what will fit weld 2/0-3/0