February 25, 200718 yr diminishing returns in this case means as you make the wire bigger and bigger, you get less and less improvement - in this case, current flow.most of the actual resistance in the power delivery system is the connections .....
February 26, 200718 yr I used welding 1/0 for my big3 and also the run from batt to amp distro block.$1/ft can't be beat.Call a local welding supply shop.
February 26, 200718 yr I got the same suff VJ did. It's more flexable than Weldingsupply.com wire and has a higher stand count. It's almost as flexable as hyperflex...though hyperflex is a deffanite winner and is thicker (kicker is almost 2/0 IIRC). It's good stuff, better than a lot of ''car audio'' wire IMO.
February 26, 200718 yr Author ya i like it, i bought 100ft of it, why, idk, ill prally only use 50, but hey it was cheap.
February 26, 200718 yr It's more flexable than Weldingsupply.com wire and has a higher stand count.That's the same thing, and really the only thing strand count is good for in power wire.
February 26, 200718 yr No, the two are deffanitely different. Weldingsupply.com is only one case, this has two casses (a plastic inner and neoprene/rubber like outer) and the eBay stuff is by large more flexable. The strand count looks to be about the same, individual strands are the same size by eye so it is deffanitely the caseing that is making the flexability difference. I have eBay left over and I got weldingsupply.com for my friend and I paid more for the weldingsupply.com wire. However weldingsupply.com is by the foot and I only needed 15 feet where as I have plans to use the full 50ft in my truck. I like the eBay stuff a lot more. I will get comparison pics up after I get off of work. The Towncar is here so I'm installing the head unit and running wire today. Hooray, my favorite part of installation...not.
February 26, 200718 yr True. I didn't think of the jackets and was only looking at the properties of the wire.Good point.
February 26, 200718 yr Author Weldingsupply.com, as far as I'm concerned, still owes me $40.Bastards.lmao!why
February 26, 200718 yr x2I've never had a bad experence with weldingsupply.com. However, as long as that guy is selling wire on eBay and I need a large ammount that is where I will go. Even after he rose his price it is still almost $1 cheaper than weldingsupply.com after they add shipping.
February 26, 200718 yr I geuss I kinda contradicted myself up there. No I think the strand counts are really close after looking back at it today. Just caught that.
February 26, 200718 yr Weldingsupply.com, as far as I'm concerned, still owes me $40.Bastards.lmao!whyBecause I sent them money and they never sent me product. That pretty much qualifies them as thieves to me.I have no doubts other people were treated well; they just won't get my business again
February 27, 200718 yr Weldingsupply wont be getting much business from me anymore unless I need a certian ammount of wire and have 9 days to wait for it. Not because of bad service, just that there is cheaper, better quality elsewhere. I'm not impressed at all with their $2 terminal lugs that I can get for $0.60 at Home Depot.
March 7, 200718 yr Ebay has some 2/0 wire, so does welding supply, but wouldn't it be cheaper and better to just have 2 runs of 1/0 since I already have 1 run? Thanks.
March 8, 200718 yr Admin If you already have one run of 1/0 might as well add a second or even third.
March 8, 200718 yr i also bought 50ft of the welding wire off ebay a while back. love it, so flexible. and orange! with my name printed on it. definitely flexible and the double jacketing is great because i ran it inside my frame railthen last week i found a guy wanting to see me some 4/0 at $2/ft and i might just buy it and save it for the next vehicle
March 11, 200718 yr thats what frame rails or electrical conduit and large power grommets are made for
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