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<blockquote data-quote="Steven" data-source="post: 58918" data-attributes="member: 544311"><p>The main differences in wires are the strands and guage, and oxygen content in the copper. other than that there are no appreciable differences.</p><p></p><p>More strands make the wire more flexible</p><p></p><p>Gauge, well you should know this but, smaller gauge number= larger wire= more current capacity</p><p></p><p>the more oxygen free the wire, the longer it will last, and the less resistance it will have</p><p></p><p>You could use 14 ga. house wire in place of 14 gauge speaker/power wire. but house wire is rarely stranded and very hard to string through a vehicle. With my first install I used a cord off an old vacuum to run a 80 watt amp, it worked great.</p><p></p><p>the main concern is the size of the wire, as long as it can carry the current safely theres no concern.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steven, post: 58918, member: 544311"] The main differences in wires are the strands and guage, and oxygen content in the copper. other than that there are no appreciable differences. More strands make the wire more flexible Gauge, well you should know this but, smaller gauge number= larger wire= more current capacity the more oxygen free the wire, the longer it will last, and the less resistance it will have You could use 14 ga. house wire in place of 14 gauge speaker/power wire. but house wire is rarely stranded and very hard to string through a vehicle. With my first install I used a cord off an old vacuum to run a 80 watt amp, it worked great. the main concern is the size of the wire, as long as it can carry the current safely theres no concern. [/QUOTE]
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