Question About Wire

[troycartertc]

I come across some wire that is abosolutely huge. bigger than my 1/0 gauge. But there is maybe only 20 strands of hard solid copper wire in it. GOOD OR BAD?

[Namosh]

Probably stiff as hell and really hard to work with.

[wierdguy75]

They say the more strands the better, thats why name brand wires use more strands than offbrand amp kits.

[Chode69]

please name your threads instead of just "help"

[Decaf]

I come across some wire that is abosolutely huge. bigger than my 1/0 gauge. But there is maybe only 20 strands of hard solid copper wire in it. GOOD OR BAD?

bad, electricty travels on the outside of the conductor, thus more surface area = more current capacity

it would work on high voltage... like a wall outlet since it uses 120v and ~20a, but when ur dealing with a 12v system and pushing 200a+ you need to have many small strands of copper wire wrapped/twisted together for ideal performance

[Boon]

bad, electricty travels on the outside of the conductor, thus more surface area = more current capacity

it would work on high voltage... like a wall outlet since it uses 120v and ~20a, but when ur dealing with a 12v system and pushing 200a+ you need to have many small strands of copper wire wrapped/twisted together for ideal performance

Uh wut, skin effect only applies to AC current.

All the matters for DC current is cross-sectional area.

It'll just be difficult to work with and the airspace between conductors mean that while the cable might be large in diameter outside it may have less area inside.

[Decaf]

^learn something new everyday, thought it applied to both with skin effect.. meh bad

[Noobtastic14]

WTF wiki just backed your claim.

if the skin effect only applies to AC current- i have to re think my life.

-Drew