Good for grounding wire??????????
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Good for grounding wire??????????
I am in construction, not too keen on electrical work, but I got some 3 foot clippings from the electrical company they threw away and was wondering if this wire, pretty thick i might add, is good for grounding?????? better than other wire????????? And if I add a second battery to the trunk, could I use it from the battery to the amp as a power and a ground??????????????
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Probably but not sure. If it's for 110 volt electrical system, it might not handle a high amperage, but it's probably good. The stiffer and more heavy duty looking the wire is the more current it usually can handle....
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Rep Power: 786 You would be just as well to use wire that is meant to be used for car audio, personally I am a ***** for proper wiring and I wouldn't use that in my system
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Rep Power: 329 i've used regular wiring and it works fine. the low strand count sucks to bend and everything (mine was 4 gauge, i can NOT imagine working with 2 or 0/1) but it all works the same.
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Originally Posted by irishtemper
one is 2 gauge i think and the other 2 are 0 gauge. Its the wires that go to the house from the pole, they have about 20 strands of wire inside of them. ill post a pic ASAP.
if it's rated under American Wire Gauge standards, it should be fine as long as it's stranded copper wire...just make sure it's not aluminum or copper-clad aluminum...copper clad aluminum wire is a money saving cable for carrying AC current...there's no skin effect with DC current, so dont use the copper-clad aluminum cable..
i think the insulation should be thick enough since it's meant to withstand weathering, right?
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Originally Posted by turboslug
if it's rated under American Wire Gauge standards, it should be fine as long as it's stranded copper wire...just make sure it's not aluminum or copper-clad aluminum...copper clad aluminum wire is a money saving cable for carrying AC current...there's no skin effect with DC current, so dont use the copper-clad aluminum cable..
i think the insulation should be thick enough since it's meant to withstand weathering, right?
i think the insulation should be thick enough since it's meant to withstand weathering, right?
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