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Spiderleggs
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 01, 2002 - 5:05 pm: | 
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In this town the largest guage wire you can get is 8 guage. Can you run more than one power wire of the same guage to the same two points(battery and radio for example) to increase the power handling of the lighter guage? If the same length shouldn't the current split between the two? Thanks, Spiderleggs |
307
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 01, 2002 - 9:51 pm: |
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Yes it will , you can run multiple wires as long as they are the same length. Twist them together to keep down noise as well..
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Warlock
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 01, 2002 - 10:19 pm: |
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2 8s = 6
4 8s = 4 |
Tech181
| | Posted on Thursday, May 02, 2002 - 12:29 am: |
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Spiderleggs,
Did you try Home Depot or Lowes? They have wire (and cable) as heavy as you want it.
Steve
Tech181
Tech181@copperelectronics.com |
Spiderleggs
| | Posted on Thursday, May 02, 2002 - 1:57 pm: |
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One more thing. Do the multiple wires need to be on the ground side too. Thanks again, Spiderleggs |
Spiderleggs
| | Posted on Thursday, May 02, 2002 - 1:53 pm: |
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Thanks fellows, I wasn't sure if it was going to work or not before I bought some. The nearest Lowes or Home Depot is 60 miles away. Local hardware stores only have house wiring, single strand. |
307
| | Posted on Thursday, May 02, 2002 - 3:06 pm: |
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NEVER ground an amp or radio to chassis with a piece of short wire. Always go direct to the battery with Positive and Negative wires. You may create a ground loop if you ground to the chassis. This causes squealing (feedback) , Low Power , Noise and a bunch more...
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Warlock
| | Posted on Thursday, May 02, 2002 - 5:59 pm: |
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YES you must equal the grounds as to the hots. If you run (4) 8s to hot, do the same for ground. |
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