Question - difference between power and ground wire?

[DePratt 10+ year member]

hey quick question about the wiring, is there a difference between ground wire and power wire besides the rubber surround?? because isnt it all just copper wire??

my point: say i bought a 10' run of 0 g power wire, could i do all my grounding with it as well?

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[spike_e 10+ year member]

yes. its all the same

 

[DePratt 10+ year member]

good. cause if i was wrong i would have looked really dumb

 

[blazinb2000 10+ year member]

Yep I just use a shorter piece of the same wire I use for power. No difference in the two.

 

[TurdFergueson2 5,000+ posts]

Yeah the brown kicker is good for either. I just marked mine to know the difference

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

switching power/ground wire = shorted out flux capacitor

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

tis the same shit. as the saying goes...it's all pink...I mean copper on the inside

 

[99grandprixGT 5,000+ posts]

ya funny thing about that, i had some left over wire that said ground wire on it and i gave to my friend to use from a distro to his amp. he calls me up telling me i fked up his amp by giving him a ground wire for power wire. lol. it ends up he did not disconnect his battery and tried to connect a live wire to his amp hit something and blew his fuse.

 

[DePratt 10+ year member]

think i might run into my local car audio shop tomarrow, see what they have. prob. wont get anything less than 1/0g. i have a feeling their prices will be quite high...

will probably but a run from someone on here

 

[gotparts90 10+ year member]

if you are local i have some, not enough for front to back but if you are doing a big three I could even help you If you buy my wire

 

[IDSkoT 5,000+ posts]

http://www.knukonceptz.com

Great website for wire and most things electrical related.

They have 1 Ott (0 gauge [same as 0/1 gauge]) for $1.79 a foot.

Not sure if that's shipped or not... but it's still great wire for the price.

 

[99grandprixGT 5,000+ posts]

think i might run into my local car audio shop tomarrow, see what they have. prob. wont get anything less than 1/0g. i have a feeling their prices will be quite high...

will probably but a run from someone on here

i went to a local place they wanted 6 dollars a foot for 1/0.

 

[x2o 10+ year member]

i went to a local place they wanted 6 dollars a foot for 1/0.

A car audio shop here up in north miami wanted 8.xx a foot for kicker hyperflex... I laughed and walked away.

 

[99grandprixGT 5,000+ posts]

A car audio shop here up in north miami wanted 8.xx a foot for kicker hyperflex... I laughed and walked away.

ya no joke. and this place had some no name brand where the insulation made it look thicker.

 

[x2o 10+ year member]

ya no joke. and this place had some no name brand where the insulation made it look thicker.

Haha yeah gotta love places that try to sell 2 and 4 gauge with thick insulation as 0 gauge. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif