Why not welding cable?

[duece212 5,000+ posts]

I have some extra grounds to make, maybe I will try some welding cable. I'm a little OCD about stuff matching, but oh well

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

I was pleasently suprised by the flex in the coppercableman wire, extremley flexible which I like. More flexible than alot of the audio companies and I like that it has a thick outside jacket and pvc inner, not a big deal in my case my probably useful for someone running it under the car

 

[BoxdGM 10+ year member]

when i got my hyperflex kit i was kinda shocked, the 4ga monster wire i was replacing was obviously bigger than the 4ga hyperflex that was included,

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

Monster Cable is known for having a giant jacket over a normal sized wire core.

 

[Perfectionist 10+ year member]

The main difference between welding cable and audio power cable is the diameter of the strand size. The strands are smaller in size in audio cable which means you have more wire in the gauge because there is less space between the strands.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

The gauge of the wire is actually determined by the resistance/length not the diameter of the finished bundle, though for solid wire, a given diameter of copper conductor will have a certain resistance/unit length.

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

im learning, and always wonder how they came up with the sizes anyhow.

thats cool information

 

[ssackett 10+ year member]

I used 2/0 welding cable for my last build and for the price you cant beat it.

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

im learning, and always wonder how they came up with the sizes anyhow.
thats cool information

Here's one for you. If you double up a run of a certain gauge, you drop 3 numbers in gauge (i.e. 2 runs of 4 ga is the same as 1 run of 1 ga). If you know the gauge of the individual strands, you can figure out how many strands you need to get the desired final gauge.

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

so 2 runs of 0/1 is 000/1?

 

[helotaxi 5,000+ posts]

so 2 runs of 0/1 is 000/1?

Your notation is incorrect. The normal notation for 0ga is 1/0. Going bigger than that is 00, 000, 0000, etc, which are noted with the number of "0s" as the first number followed by the "/" and a "0."

2 runs of 1/0 (0ga) would be the same as 4/0 (0000ga).

 

[wccoug21 10+ year member]

i'm runnin 2 ga welding wire the length of my car and for the big 3 and it powers my vfl150.1 with no extra electrical upgrades. i have minor to no light dimming.

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

Your notation is incorrect. The normal notation for 0ga is 1/0. Going bigger than that is 00, 000, 0000, etc, which are noted with the number of "0s" as the first number followed by the "/" and a "0."
2 runs of 1/0 (0ga) would be the same as 4/0 (0000ga).

i knew it didnt look right....lol

thanks

 

[paradox 10+ year member]

25 feet of 0gauge is 49.00 on ike sound... cheaper then all of them...

 

[Moe Lester 10+ year member]

25 feet of 0gauge is 49.00 on ike sound... cheaper then all of them...

Who makes it? I have seen many "1/0" cheap wires that weren't much larger than 4 gauge.