[DML] Re: DUMB QUESTION OF THE DAY

["welmoedj" <joe.dalton@xxxxxxxxxx>]

(Thick) battery wire is not as flexible as three thinner wires, but 
both can support the same Voltage and current.
I would go for the three to prevent damage due to the inflexibility 
of the battery wire.

Welmoed.



--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "bitsyncmater" <david.mckeen@...> 
wrote:
>
> --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, mike clemens <rmclemns@> wrote:
> >> 
> > The question I have is:  To replace the wire is a
> > given, but should I replace it with three 10 gauge
> > wires again or can I just use a 4 gauge battery wire
> > instead??  It seems really dumb to me to use three
> > smaller wires when one bigger one should work just as
> > well or better.  Maybe one of you electrical engineers
> > could chime in and let me know why it was designed
> > this way.
> > 
> > Mike   TPS    1630
> 
> You will be able to do a neater job with the three #10 wires than 
> with one #4.....more flexable and crip lugs are smaller.      
> 
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