Your favorite place to order wire online?

SouthArk370Z · 06-10-2014, 04:48 AM

Conductor material - not that important for your purposes. I'd go with Copper but Aluminum will work fine.
Strand count - the more strands, the more flexible the wire will be.
Insulation - Needs to be rugged enough so that it doesn't get cut by body/frame parts.

THHN is a general-purpose insulation that can be used just about anywhere on a car. The nylon jacket provides good cut/wear resistance. But there are many other types of insulation that will work just as well.

madwi · 06-10-2014, 05:22 AM

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Originally Posted by SouthArk370Z

Conductor material - not that important for your purposes. I'd go with Copper but Aluminum will work fine.
Strand count - the more strands, the more flexible the wire will be.
Insulation - Needs to be rugged enough so that it doesn't get cut by body/frame parts.

THHN is a general-purpose insulation that can be used just about anywhere on a car. The nylon jacket provides good cut/wear resistance. But there are many other types of insulation that will work just as well.

Thank you for your help, I really appreciate it.

RonRizz · 06-11-2014, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by SouthArk370Z

Conductor material - not that important for your purposes. I'd go with Copper but Aluminum will work fine.
Strand count - the more strands, the more flexible the wire will be.
Insulation - Needs to be rugged enough so that it doesn't get cut by body/frame parts.

THHN is a general-purpose insulation that can be used just about anywhere on a car. The nylon jacket provides good cut/wear resistance. But there are many other types of insulation that will work just as well.

madwi · 06-22-2014, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by SouthArk370Z

Conductor material - not that important for your purposes. I'd go with Copper but Aluminum will work fine.
Strand count - the more strands, the more flexible the wire will be.
Insulation - Needs to be rugged enough so that it doesn't get cut by body/frame parts.

THHN is a general-purpose insulation that can be used just about anywhere on a car. The nylon jacket provides good cut/wear resistance. But there are many other types of insulation that will work just as well.

Thanks for the info! This started me down a spiral of googling and learning about wire insulation. I ended up with a big spool of GXL.

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