What Size Wire Loom for 4 Gauge?

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Topic: What Size Wire Loom for 4 Gauge?

Posted By: KBToys
Subject: What Size Wire Loom for 4 Gauge?
Date Posted: June 05, 2003 at 8:42 AM

I am going to order some wire loom for the 4gauge wire I have but was not sure the size I should get.

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Posted By: ull3030
Date Posted: June 12, 2003 at 12:33 PM

1/2" or larger

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Posted By: esmith69
Date Posted: June 12, 2003 at 2:30 PM

1/2" for just one 4-gauge wire is way too big I think. Check out this chart just for an idea about the actual diameter of the wires.

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Posted By: wvsquirrel
Date Posted: June 12, 2003 at 11:46 PM

Wouldn't you have to account for the wire sheathing too? I've seen 4-gauge wire where the sheathing was just as thick as the wire itself (that is to say if you squeezed the sheath together it was about the same thickness as the diameter of the wire). I think that may have been where ull3030 came up with 1/2 inch. Or he may have come up with it out of thin air, I don't know I'm just bored and rambling posted_image

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