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<blockquote data-quote="JimJ" data-source="post: 6410220" data-attributes="member: 555251">OK, let&#039;s start this over...Wire doesn&#039;t care whether AC or DC is passing through it. Ampacity is based on the area of the conductor, not what kind of voltage is passing through it. The person you know who roasted his wire would have done the same thing had he used wire labeled for car audio use, it burned because 6awg was too small of a gauge for that current draw and length of wire.Solid vs. stranded has nothing to do with AC or DC. It comes down to what&#039;s economical to use, or is more convenient. Ever taken apart an RCA cable? Hint - chances are it&#039;s not a solid center conductor //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gifSkin effect is frequency dependent - it doesn&#039;t happen with DC. It&#039;s an AC phenomenon only - and you don&#039;t have to worry about it until you start getting into radio frequencies. Then, it can play a major role. But at audio? Not significant.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JimJ, post: 6410220, member: 555251"] OK, let's start this over... Wire doesn't care whether AC or DC is passing through it. Ampacity is based on the area of the conductor, not what kind of voltage is passing through it. The person you know who roasted his wire would have done the [I]same[/I] thing had he used wire labeled for car audio use, it burned because 6awg was too small of a gauge for that current draw and length of wire. Solid vs. stranded has nothing to do with AC or DC. It comes down to what's economical to use, or is more convenient. Ever taken apart an RCA cable? Hint - chances are it's not a solid center conductor [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif[/IMG] Skin effect is frequency dependent - it doesn't happen with DC. It's an AC phenomenon only - and you don't have to worry about it until you start getting into radio frequencies. Then, it can play a major role. But at audio? Not significant. [/QUOTE]

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