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Originally Posted by teoman
What is the price difference? And stuffing inconvenience?
Will the wires need a second life when the car fails? Like for a welder??
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The price difference isn't huge. We're talking $10 vs $16. I don't think routing should be a problem either way.
Second life would be to move these wires to a new vehicle. So, maybe I want to have a little extra length, which may push me up in size.
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Originally Posted by Ecky
Generally speaking, I find the size and cost difference between 10 and 12 to be so small that I run the larger gauge. Doesn't sound like you'll be pulling more than 20A but it's going to be continuous, and that power loss is all going to be heat. 3% of 300w is just under 10w... that wire might get a little warm on longer drives.
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Good points.
Thanks guys.
I think I'm going to go with 10 ga or maybe even 8 ga. This allows me to upsize the setup later as I would like to find a dc-dc converter that can handle more than 20A. 6ft of 10 ga should be good for just under 40 amps. 6ft of 8ga would be good for 60A.