meade916 Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 steel: sorry bro but you are wrong. Distance has EVERYTHING to do with why we run larger wire. If my amps or battery bank were 12" away from my alt it might be ok with smaller wire but it is a 25 foot run. I would love to see what would happen in your car pulling 1600 amps thru a single 25 foot 4ga cable. Get your fire extinquisher ready to go. My big amps draw up to 400a each (there is 4 of them) and it would be DEVESTATING if i attempted to use a 4ga wire..... Seriously, you seem like a nice guy but you are so far off on this one its almost embarrasing. All SMD products + MORE available at my store here! https://wccaraudio.com/ Subscribe to My Youtube Channel! Over 1,000,000 subscribers strong! Turn on your notifications! http://www.youtube.com/meade916 Follow My Instagram! Daily live feeds from the shop, exclusive content way before it hits my Youtube channel...and little squares with photo's in them http://www.instagram.com/meade916 The Official SMD Facebook fan Page https://www.facebook.com/SteveMeadeDesigns/ Follow my Tweet (Twitter) http://www.Twitter.com/meade916 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueghost Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 I was told by Ohio to use 4 gauge for batt + to alt + and 1/0 for the batt-to-frame and batt-to-block I don't know the reasoning behind their advice but the minimal wire size for 225 amps is 2guage wire. You are better off running the 1/0 cable, less resistance. For the ones who say that size is not needed they need to look at the specs on the type of wire they are using. It takes a thicker guage of fine stranded welding wire to handle the same current as a solid wire used in houses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescorpio1 Posted May 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 Big mistake!!! My apologies to ho!!! it was ohio who said to only use 4 gauge for the charging lead. Just fyi, don't want anyone to be misled. Loud as f*ck, and sounds good doing it. Team built from here on out!!!! BIG things to come......... Missing link is the shite!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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