Question about wire

[dking_boss 10+ year member]

Can you use positive wire for negative wire, the color is only to help distinguish where you have them connected right?

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[kyleorsini 10+ year member]

yes

 

[AlterEgo99 5,000+ posts]

It's just the pretty color of the outer jacket...inside it is the same.

 

[PIITB Wut Wut 10+ year member]

same for speaker wire.

 

[DammitJames 10+ year member]

yeah i like switching mine around sometimes so when people look at it they get all confused

 

[x1le 10+ year member]

yeah i like switching mine around sometimes so when people look at it they get all confused

i'm sure it causes mass confusion

 

[Villeza1 10+ year member]

Can you use positive wire for negative wire, the color is only to help distinguish where you have them connected right?

... are you serious!?

 

[Enellz 10+ year member]

Don't be surprise alot of people don't know that

 

[dking_boss 10+ year member]

Better safe then sorry and don't ever be too prideful to ask a question when there's a doubt you may not know. Thanks for all the info guys.

 

[IDSkoT 5,000+ posts]

yeah i like switching mine around sometimes so when people look at it they get all confused

People like you are the reasons fires happen.

 

[DNick454 10+ year member]

If you switch the colors, the nuclear anions and isotope molecules will be forced to travel backwards possibly causing a tear in the space time continuum.

In general:

-Red and Blue wire can ONLY be used for positive leads

-Black and Gray wire can ONLY be used for negative leads and grounds.

In all seriousness though, wire is wire. It can hot pink or shit brown in color. What matters is that there is a conductor underneath that colored insulator. If you can pick up a large spool of one color wire, that's fine. In fact, you'll save money doing it that way instead of having to buy individually cut pieces and hope they're long enough. One way to remember though would be to use electrical tape or shrink wrap on the ends to remind you which is negative and positive.

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

When I clicked on this thread, I knew it was going to be a dumb question...you did not disappoint

 

[DammitJames 10+ year member]

People like you are the reasons fires happen.

na i know what wires are what on my vehicle and no one else gets to touch them //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif