Where Can I Buy Cheap But Great 1/0 Gauge Wire At?

[aaron7114 10+ year member]

where do you order this knu wire at?

 

[scooter924 10+ year member]

http://www.knukonceptz.com

 

[Big Dee 10+ year member]

where do you order this knu wire at?

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[chartman18 10+ year member]

Haha.

 

[chartman18 10+ year member]

Fuse to the wire, so it depends on which type of Knu wire you want. Click on the more info link for the type of wire you are going to buy and it will tell you the max fuse rating.

http://knukonceptz.com/productDetail.cfm?prodID=KLM0BL

That is the wire I want, about 20+ feet, but Im still lost on the fuse type/rating I need. It says it can go up to like 250amps or something, but that doesnt help me much?

 

[scooter924 10+ year member]

Then I would suggest a 250 amp ANL fuse. What are you confused about, the type of fuses? AGU fuses are smaller and only go up to 60 amps iirc. All high amp fuses are ANL

 

[chartman18 10+ year member]

The distribution block I want on Knu is only 150amp per fuse, and Im not sure, but I think it uses 2 fuses, so I should get 100-120amp fuse, for one and the same for the other? Is that right? Or am I still not getting it?

 

[Big Dee 10+ year member]

http://knukonceptz.com/productDetail.cfm?prodID=KLM0BL
That is the wire I want, about 20+ feet, but Im still lost on the fuse type/rating I need. It says it can go up to like 250amps or something, but that doesnt help me much?

Just get the 250 amp fuse, the fuse protects the wire (and then your car since it can catch on fire if the wire shorts), not the amps.

Just remember to fuse anytime you use change to smaller wire, so if you split the 1/0 gauge into anything smaller, each smaller section needs a fuse also.

 

[Big Dee 10+ year member]

The distribution block I want on Knu is only 150amp per fuse, and Im not sure, but I think it uses 2 fuses, so I should get 100-120amp fuse, for one and the same for the other? Is that right? Or am I still not getting it?

As long as the fuse is rated high enough to let the current needed from your amps through, and low enough to protect the wire, you're fine.

Read this link and learn about fuses.

http://www.bcae1.com/fuses.htm

 

[knukonceptz 10+ year member]

The eKo and KLM are about equal, the KLM is larger but has aluminum and copper. To compensate for the AL it is made larger (like the Kolossus)

 

[knukonceptz 10+ year member]

The distribution block I want on Knu is only 150amp per fuse, and Im not sure, but I think it uses 2 fuses, so I should get 100-120amp fuse, for one and the same for the other? Is that right? Or am I still not getting it?

The block fuses should be rated to the load on that circuit - so check your amp manuals and see what they recommend for the BXi1206 (looks like a 80A Maxi on the amp) The main power can either be the max amperage for the cable or equal to the load (total of all amplifiers added together)

 

[chartman18 10+ year member]

So it wont hurt to use a 250amp fuse even if my max amperage wasnt that high? If not, Ill just do that to save me trouble on adding multiple fuse numbers to get a total and such.

EDIT: Ok, I just reread what Big Dee said again, and he says I need a seperate fuse for each time my wire splits. This means, if Im using 1/0 guage that splits into two 4ga wires, I need a fuse on each 4ga? Or I need a fuse on the 1/0, plus the two 4ga?

 

[casper97ta 10+ year member]

anybody know how many strand the 2/0 welding wire is?

 

[knukonceptz 10+ year member]

So it wont hurt to use a 250amp fuse even if my max amperage wasnt that high? If not, Ill just do that to save me trouble on adding multiple fuse numbers to get a total and such.
EDIT: Ok, I just reread what Big Dee said again, and he says I need a seperate fuse for each time my wire splits. This means, if Im using 1/0 guage that splits into two 4ga wires, I need a fuse on each 4ga? Or I need a fuse on the 1/0, plus the two 4ga?

You need a main fuse at the battery - this protects the car/cable in case of accident.

In the trunk you want to use a fuse distribution block for (on the positive wire) so that each circuit is fused. If you ever need to diag. a problem or just need to pull out an amp, your can easily kill power to that one leg of the circuit by pulling the fuse.

 

[chartman18 10+ year member]

You need a main fuse at the battery - this protects the car/cable in case of accident.
In the trunk you want to use a fuse distribution block for (on the positive wire) so that each circuit is fused. If you ever need to diag. a problem or just need to pull out an amp, your can easily kill power to that one leg of the circuit by pulling the fuse.

Alright, I think I kinda understand it now. I should get a 250amp fuse at the battery and a fuse distribution block on the wires that are split (the positive ones). Makes sense kinda now. Thanks for explaining that.