4 Gauge wire question....

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Sep 15, 2003 | 03:06 PM

tbal69

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Theres so many types, is there any difference between em? i mean 4g is 4g.. but how come some say like streetwirez 800watt and stinger says 1300watt?

is this tru, wat difference, kuz my current 8 guage is 600watt...

thanks

Sep 15, 2003 | 06:42 PM

Ettore Casagrande Jr.

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8 ga is 8 ga. You mainly pay for the following:
1. Pretty sheath (various colors, glittery, etc etc)
2. Number of strands. More strands means easier to bend. There is, however, a point where more strands means nothing. Bend the wire, if it's easy to bend, then it's good enough.

However, I have found that REALLY cheapo wire (I don't even know where this stuff I pull from cars at the Junkyard come from) but they lie. I SWAER I have one 10ga wire that is SMALLER than 14ga. It's pathetic, I am pretty sure the brand is QPower or something.

Sep 16, 2003 | 03:07 PM

tbal69

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so is it worth going for the 800watt 4guage over the 600watt 8guage?

Sep 16, 2003 | 06:00 PM

pinhead

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if you look around pyramid super pro crankin 4 guage thats rated for 2500 watts
thats what i got and it rules

Sep 17, 2003 | 04:40 PM

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I find that higher quality wire will not
corrode as easilly as the cheaper stuff
i am using the same cable i bought three years
ago that i have installed in 5 diff vehicles
still in brand new shape.
used to use the cheap stuff would always get
the flakey white stuff and cable starts to go from copper colour to kind of a greyish brown.

Sep 17, 2003 | 05:39 PM

Tha-Game

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i dunno, personally id rather deal with a little corrosion and pay 1$ a foot, vs 5+$ a foot....

my biggest question is why are power and ground wire different prices?? same gauge, power will cost u like 4-5 and ground is like 2 [img]graemlins/dunno.gif[/img] only difference is the color. what a load [img]graemlins/puke.gif[/img]

Sep 17, 2003 | 10:13 PM

Haunz

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One day I realized the lightning audio 8awg I had lying around was the same size as crank'n cable 10awg....

And by compairison the crank'n cable 8awg I had was much larger then the LA...

Infact, in a 8awg LA wiring kit, the only peice that was really 8awg, was the 2" ground wire.... Fing liers..