House wire in cars

multi strand wire is fine but solid core is never good in auto apps.  you would think that nothing is moving from the battery to the amp but it is unavoidable for the car to have vibrations and shunts which will cause solid core to weaken and eventually break over time.  automotive wire is usually "cleaner" in the sense that it's mostly made "oxygen free" which helps with voltage drop, especially over longer runs.  house wire isn't oxy free because a couple or few volts in AC current applications isn't much but a couple or even 1 volt drop is critical in auto because you only have 12 -14.5 to begin with.  voltage drop causes loss of performance in equipment and can even cause damage to equipment and the car."If a man made it, another can modify it...it just takes some thinking."

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house wire is made for higher voltage (110 - 240) but not higher current (with some exceptions of course), and auto wire is made for comparitively low  voltage (12-18) and high current."If a man made it, another can modify it...it just takes some thinking."

"If you ask questions, you're a fool for 5 minutes; if you don't, you're a fool for a lifetime."

INSTALLER_MSS wrote: house wire is made for higher voltage (110 - 240) but not higher current (with some exceptions of course), and auto wire is made for comparitively low  voltage (12-18) and high current.

Voltage resistance is a function of the outer insulation.  Current capacity is a function of cross-sectional area of the wire.  16AWG is 16AWG.

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svtfast wrote: Iraq Blows, I miss my car

Lol, nice one, yea I suggest rewiring, do it right the first time, instead of, "it will do" I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

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