House wire same as Car wire?
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copper is copper, so technically you can, however:
1) you may have problems routing it. car wires are highly stranded to make them more flexible.
2) some car audio wires are also specially protected against copper corrosion.
3) make sure insulation is thick enough not to get cut by a sharp sheet metal somewhere
4) when you terminate a less stranded wire with a terminal, there is less wire area touching the terminal, so the junction resistance is a bit higher, but that should not be a problem.
I've tried it once with 8 gauge grounding wire from HD, and it was not worth the effort, wire was not flexible enough.
1) you may have problems routing it. car wires are highly stranded to make them more flexible.
2) some car audio wires are also specially protected against copper corrosion.
3) make sure insulation is thick enough not to get cut by a sharp sheet metal somewhere
4) when you terminate a less stranded wire with a terminal, there is less wire area touching the terminal, so the junction resistance is a bit higher, but that should not be a problem.
I've tried it once with 8 gauge grounding wire from HD, and it was not worth the effort, wire was not flexible enough.
Last edited by michaltj; 09-07-2008 at 04:57 PM.
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