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mpost43062 
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Posted: December 28, 2004 at 6:49 PM / IP Logged  

I am planning on splicing some wires together and wanted to know a couple things.

What is the best way to tell what gauge a wire is (it is the wires going to the 12v cigarette adapter)?

Can I splice two wires together that are of different gauges (ex.  18 gauge and 20 gauge)?

What are the standard gauge wires used in a car for the stereo etc..?

Thanks 

Mark 

dirtydreams4x4 
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Posted: December 28, 2004 at 7:20 PM / IP Logged  

You CAN splice wires together of different sizes, but it's not the best idea, and you will lose some power handling capability when you go from larger to smaller. I dont have any proof but I think that it's generally a bad idea to splice from power source to smaller wire to a bigger wire, seems risky to me.

I think the wire gauge in your car depends on the manufacturer, but it's somewhere in the 18-24 range more than likely.

wheelerdr 
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Posted: December 28, 2004 at 8:47 PM / IP Logged  
i would not splice the power wire run a new one with a fuse
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Posted: December 28, 2004 at 8:49 PM / IP Logged  

My experience has always been that it's probably best to just run a new wire if you can. Splicing is only 10% guaranteed, cause there's a lot of things that go wrong depending on how it's done. If i'm not mistakes, there are measurements on the site for wire sizes, check the power and ground area.

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