welding wire?

[Liquid Bass 10+ year member]

ok i just got 75 ft of no.6 welding wire for free, and i have heard of ppl using this for their audio systems.so what im asking is what is so good about this and how can i use it i currently have 8 gauge and its not very good, also i know your connection is only as good as your weakest part so what kind of connectors should i get cuz i wanna upgrade my big 3 with this and possibly use it for everything if it will help alot. thanks in advance

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[Atimm693 10+ year member]

If its copper and decently flexible i dont see why not.

So im assuming No.6 is 6 awg?

As far as connections go just use the standard solder/crimp on terminals everyone else uses.

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

I would go bigger than 6awg for my big 3. Double it up.

 

[Colt9699 10+ year member]

I would go bigger than 6awg for my big 3. Double it up.

If you have enuogh double it up , but free 6 awg big 3 is better than no big 3 at all.

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

If you have enuogh double it up , but free 6 awg big 3 is better than no big 3 at all.

Agreed. But free big-3 upgraded single-run 6awg is inferior to any upgrade I would do. Its not like the 5-10ft of 4awg usually required is very expensive. But then again, it all depends on his system size too. Just sayin.

 

[hoxie08 5,000+ posts]

bro just got me 20 feet of 2awg...thats okay to use for the big 3 as well right //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Twilight 10+ year member]

Yes, that would be perfect.

 

[Liquid Bass 10+ year member]

well this stuff came off of a cell tower so i would think its pretty good the only reason i got it free was because they took the tower down and didnt want it so i asked how much they would take for it and they said i could have it, and i have 75 ft so i would think i could double it up but shouldn't this stuff be better than regular car audio kit wire?

 

[flakko 5,000+ posts]

well this stuff came off of a cell tower so i would think its pretty good the only reason i got it free was because they took the tower down and didnt want it so i asked how much they would take for it and they said i could have it, and i have 75 ft so i would think i could double it up but shouldn't this stuff be better than regular car audio kit wire?

nope copper = copper