POPLERO Posted December 26, 2011 Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 I have knu ofc and copper lugs soldered that connect to gold plated xscorpian battery terminals.. and used electrical tape around the soldered connections from the power wire to lug. Now I am in the market to redo some little things and get rubber blus rubber boots to macth the power wire and want to dress up and tidey stuff up. But my question is, what is the difference between gold plated and platinum plated ring terminals and battery terminals? Which is better? and I would like to know if either of those are equivalent to copper lugs or is copper far superior because its conductuity values? Info much appreciated. Thanx 2008 TBSS Black Granite Alpine CDA-117 Clarion EQS746 AudioQue Supertweets @ dash Alpine DDT-s30 @ b pillars Alpine SPR-60c @ front doors Alpine SPR-60 @ rear doors Alpine PDX-f4 Second Skin DampPro KNUkonceptz Wiring DCpower 270amp alt Optima YT underhood *temp Two15DCxls Hifonics bxi2610 *temp saz4500 and 4 xp3000s coming soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flwatersaver Posted December 26, 2011 Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 gold... corrosion resistant silver, copper and gold in that order My selling FeedbackBuild log - Blazer C pillar wall, Two DC Audio 3.5k'sTEAM PSI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96Blazer Posted December 26, 2011 Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 Where does platnium come into play with the conductivity between gold, silver, and copper? 2001 GMC Jimmy SLE 4X4 Floor Shift AutoHeadunit - Alpine CDA-117Front Door Speakers - Alpine SPS-600C MidsRear Door Speakers - NoneDash Speakers - Alpine SPS-600C TweetersSub Amp - Rockford Fosgate T4002Mids+Highs Amp - Rockford Fosgate P4004Subwoofer - P3D215 Fosgate Punch 15Sub Box - Rockford Fosgate designed "powerful" ported box Built by myself i would rather run cheaper but sexier then expensive and fucking ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POPLERO Posted December 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 ^this! I thots that was the case but where would you fit platinum? **another one I forgot to mention is, are brass and copper same shit, conductuity wise? 2008 TBSS Black Granite Alpine CDA-117 Clarion EQS746 AudioQue Supertweets @ dash Alpine DDT-s30 @ b pillars Alpine SPR-60c @ front doors Alpine SPR-60 @ rear doors Alpine PDX-f4 Second Skin DampPro KNUkonceptz Wiring DCpower 270amp alt Optima YT underhood *temp Two15DCxls Hifonics bxi2610 *temp saz4500 and 4 xp3000s coming soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumonskateboard6 Posted December 26, 2011 Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 Well if you want to take science into this Platinum would be the best because it has the most free electrons to transfer electricity. Gold, silver, and copper all have the same number of free electrons but the quality of metal is different. In my opinion it is: Platinum, Gold, Silver, Copper Copper is used most because it's cheaper, not because it's the best. Current Systems: 2011 BMW 335i Hertz HDP1 DC LVL3 12" Full Carbon Fiber 2002 Acura TlKenwood DNX9980HD2 DCLVL4 12" Subs with LVL5 Parts D.7 CoilsDC 3.5kHertz HSK-165 up front HCX-165 RearHertz HDP4 AmpDC Power Engineering 260 Amp AltBig 3 and amp powered with KNU 1/0XS Power D2400 Up Front i pulled out my dick in class many of times and had it shown. get over it bitch...stupid open legged hairy beavered bitch... going over rms = smaller box, under rms = bigger box... Low voltage doesn't blow amps. That's a myth. A router that does the sub holes makes rounded edges also? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flwatersaver Posted December 26, 2011 Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 Silver Copper Annealed Copper Gold Aluminum Calcium 3 Tungsten Zinc Nickel Lithium Iron Platinum Tin Lead Titanium Manganin Constantan Mercury My selling FeedbackBuild log - Blazer C pillar wall, Two DC Audio 3.5k'sTEAM PSI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flwatersaver Posted December 26, 2011 Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 The corrosion on silver is still highly conductive. copper is cheaper still but still tarnishes. gold is plated on due to cost, and can tarnish. (most think gold doesn't tarnish) but it will My selling FeedbackBuild log - Blazer C pillar wall, Two DC Audio 3.5k'sTEAM PSI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POPLERO Posted December 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 What about mix matching? ie. I have gold plated battery terminals, copper lugs.? What would you guys rather do.. I would like to keep things kind of matching so am thinking... platinum batt terminals, platinum ring terminals (which come with the blue rubber boots I want) or keep gold terminals and copper lugs, and I am goong to buy the blue rubber boots to match the wire any who.. 2008 TBSS Black Granite Alpine CDA-117 Clarion EQS746 AudioQue Supertweets @ dash Alpine DDT-s30 @ b pillars Alpine SPR-60c @ front doors Alpine SPR-60 @ rear doors Alpine PDX-f4 Second Skin DampPro KNUkonceptz Wiring DCpower 270amp alt Optima YT underhood *temp Two15DCxls Hifonics bxi2610 *temp saz4500 and 4 xp3000s coming soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuRKRoW Posted December 26, 2011 Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 It sounds like you haven't heard of shrink tubing before... it's awesome in my opinion! It comes in a range of sizes to fit over almost anything. This stuff will shrink to around half of its size so it will tightly wrap connections. It is also very durable to heat and other elements. I had rubber boots on my wires, but I think this looks much nicer and is safer. I'll see if I can get a picture of it in action on some 0 gauge wiring. By the way, they have this at Home Depot for super cheap. I bought a ton of it! EDIT: The shrink tubing that I used was 3/4" and it is pretty snug on my Kicker 0 gauge wires. The picture is pretty bad quality so hopefully you can see it okay. Sound Solutions Audio ZCON 18 Crescendo Audio BC3500D JVC KD-R80BT headunit Alpine/Pioneer mids & highs 4 group 34 agm batteries Knukonceptz 3x0ga. terminals Kicker/XS Power 0ga. wiring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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