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0-gage grounding wires i made

Old Sep 17, 2003 | 05:21 PM
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overkill, 4gauge is likely overkill, hell 8 gauge is probably overkill. current in these is nothing more than some discharge. not high current, not needing that sort of wire...

fun to do, but definitly not benificial.
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Old Sep 17, 2003 | 08:54 PM
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like i said before overkill: no real benefit compared to a good set of smaller gage. i like the phoenix gold wires and terminals, and it looks good imho.

i had a set of insaneanime's grounding wires in silver, but they turned yellow/brown because of the high heat in our engine bay. he makes a good product, but i just wanted to change the wires because they turned ugly yellow/brown.

-john

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Old Sep 17, 2003 | 09:31 PM
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BTW fellows there is no such thing as zero gauge wire.Look carefully it is 1/0 awg(american wire gage).
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Old Sep 17, 2003 | 09:41 PM
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Default 1/0 is "one-aught"

two-aught, thirty-aught-six", etc.

How about some 1000MCM cable on there


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Old Sep 18, 2003 | 07:38 AM
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I concur about the wire thickness and current carrying capacity. You'd be better off with a smaller gauge for such low current, assuming you really care at all about the grounding and cost. It looks monster... lol

Larger gauge wire conducts better, sure, but its not really needed for current this low.

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