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has any one ever used regular solid stranded 1/0 or 2/0 electrical wire as power or ground instead of Multi-strand wire

i know regular wire is harder to mold into shape and terminate

but could it be use for jumping battery to battery or frame to batt / alt to batt

what would be the neg/pos

less current and amperage?

bad connections?

btw im a electrician so i have alot of 2/0 a laying a round. i was thinking about beefing up my grounds frame to rear batt

any ideas thanks

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There has been at least 2 people on here that used solid wire. That's all I really know to answer, lol

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Only bad thing is just it's not flexable. And also depends what kind of 2/0 are you using copper or aluminum??

That's why they don't deliver.

Yer ass better go sit along the side of the road and wait.

You can't expect them to travel up some dirt road in a hick / back woods town. Thats how horror movies start :D

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Electrons which make up your electrical power don't actually flow through the wire, they flow around the outside of it. The outer surface area of the wire is what trasmits the electricity. A solid wire, even with a large gauge will transmit far less power than a similar sized wire made up of many individual strands. The higher the strand count, the better the transmission of electrons. Depending on the application, solid strand wire may work, though I can't recommend it. Having said that, a few years back I used wire from Home Depot (can't remember the name of wire) that was about 9 strands of relatively thick wire. It was ok for powering my WalMart amp but I can't recommend it for much more.

Long story short: More strands, More power.

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That would make sense if it were high frequencies and AC current.

But when it is DC current, the skin effect in not in use.

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I would have replied earlier, but I was measuring the output of my amp with a yardstick . . .

What you hear is not the air pressure variation in itself

but what has drawn your attention

in the two streams of superimposed air pressure variations at your eardrums

An acoustic event has dimensions of Time, Tone, Loudness and Space

Everyone learns to render the 3-dimensional localization of sound based on the individual shape of their ears,

thus no formula can achieve a definite effect for every listener.

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Electrons which make up your electrical power don't actually flow through the wire, they flow around the outside of it. The outer surface area of the wire is what trasmits the electricity. A solid wire, even with a large gauge will transmit far less power than a similar sized wire made up of many individual strands. The higher the strand count, the better the transmission of electrons. Depending on the application, solid strand wire may work, though I can't recommend it. Having said that, a few years back I used wire from Home Depot (can't remember the name of wire) that was about 9 strands of relatively thick wire. It was ok for powering my WalMart amp but I can't recommend it for much more.

Long story short: More strands, More power.

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Electrons which make up your electrical power don't actually flow through the wire, they flow around the outside of it. The outer surface area of the wire is what trasmits the electricity. A solid wire, even with a large gauge will transmit far less power than a similar sized wire made up of many individual strands. The higher the strand count, the better the transmission of electrons. Depending on the application, solid strand wire may work, though I can't recommend it. Having said that, a few years back I used wire from Home Depot (can't remember the name of wire) that was about 9 strands of relatively thick wire. It was ok for powering my WalMart amp but I can't recommend it for much more.

Long story short: More strands, More power.

I'm pretty sure electrons flow though the wire and not around it in dc...

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Also, if you are using solid copper make sure you coat it or tin it. If you don't it will oxidize. When copper oxidizes, it becomes a less effective conductor. This means that, in time, the wire's current carrying capabilities will become significantly reduced. This problem becomes worse if you go with OFC (untinned) strands as there is tremendously more surface area.

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Krakin, are you some sort of mad scientist?

I would have replied earlier, but I was measuring the output of my amp with a yardstick . . .

What you hear is not the air pressure variation in itself

but what has drawn your attention

in the two streams of superimposed air pressure variations at your eardrums

An acoustic event has dimensions of Time, Tone, Loudness and Space

Everyone learns to render the 3-dimensional localization of sound based on the individual shape of their ears,

thus no formula can achieve a definite effect for every listener.

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Rockford Fosgate T400-4 on highs
Rockford Fosgate T400-2 on midrange
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