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I picked up some nice welding cable in 100' spools for 1.70 / ft. the way I see it if it's good enough to weld with then whats a little amplification ?
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i say the stans!!!! on the inside welding cable has thick and very few strans may be 50..audio cable has thousands of strans and thin almost like hair. now wich will current flow best i say the thousand of thin strans will flow much much better.but remind ya im a 15 year old . and learning so my be wrong.
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quote:Originally posted by kickeraccent: i say the stans!!!! on the inside welding cable has thick and very few strans may be 50..audio cable has thousands of strans and thin almost like hair. now wich will current flow best i say the thousand of thin strans will flow much much better.but remind ya im a 15 year old . and learning so my be wrong.
I dunno, the 2/0 welding cable I use has lots of thin strands!
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Is it because with audio wire the thousands of thin strans allow for a more flexible wire for running through the inside of a car, whereas with your welding cable its more rigid and harder to maneuver inside of a car? I've heard that was one of the reasons why. But at $1.79 per ft, you can't beat that for wire. I mean even my most trusted shop would sale 1/0 gauge for around $4 a ft.
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It's because electrons move on the outside of the wire not through the middle. Lots of thin strands means more surface area for electrons to flow.
quote:Originally posted by pervitizm: Is it because with audio wire the thousands of thin strans allow for a more flexible wire for running through the inside of a car, whereas with your welding cable its more rigid and harder to maneuver inside of a car? I've heard that was one of the reasons why. But at $1.79 per ft, you can't beat that for wire. I mean even my most trusted shop would sale 1/0 gauge for around $4 a ft.
Thats what I thought as well. It was just the flexibility.
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here is were the cable came from, i guess he just sells on ebay...doesnt help much cause the sites under construction.. http://www.trystarcables.com/
and actually my cable is a lot more flexible than i was anticipating, not as flexible as regular audio wire, but nonetheless flexible...and cheap
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so its the same in performance i had welding cable at first because it was cheap but was told audio cable is way beter .....im learning so i want to be sure .or is it a 50 50 debate.
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^^^didnt quite work out like i had anticipated...but hey...i got them in stock for future projects...lol
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One disadvantage to welding cable is it looks not so good. So if you care about seeing it you may want to use a car audio wire because that wire has a nice looking jacket.
For the most part I use welding 1/0 cable that I got locally for $1/ft (it may be more now). It works just as well functionally as Stinger, etc, with a bit less flexibility.
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my 1/0 cable i got from weldingsupply.com is extremely flexible, and has lots of thin strands. only differences i can find between it and some audio 1/0 are that the welding cable has a thick outside jacket, and a thin, more flexible inner jacket, and that the audio cable definitely looks nicer.
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It has been awhile since I took electronics but I beleive that only with AC current will electricity flow on the surface of the wires, while DC current flows throughout the wire equally. So there should be no difference in current flow between the welding cable and audio cable. Basically it comes down to flexibility and looks.
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quote:Originally posted by Phlipcyde907: It has been awhile since I took electronics but I beleive that only with AC current will electricity flow on the surface of the wires, while DC current flows throughout the wire equally. So there should be no difference in current flow between the welding cable and audio cable. Basically it comes down to flexibility and looks.
This is absolutly correct. Strand count doesn't mean squat in DC applications, as far as power delivery anyway. It does help make installing it easier though!
Install looks good. Now finish it up and seal off that trunk!
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thanks...and i will put another pic up when i finish up
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quote:Originally posted by Notloudenuf: It's because electrons move on the outside of the wire not through the middle. Lots of thin strands means more surface area for electrons to flow.
The "skin" effect you are talking about is with high voltage AC current...welding cable is the way to go if you can manage to bend it the way ou need to. I used black 1/0 through out my whole (gasp) SQ car....
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