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RE: Why you go from one extreme to another?

Posted by wood1 (A) on January 3, 2016 at 06:06:11

In Reply to: Why you go from one extreme to another? posted by madisonears on January 2, 2016 at 20:11:55:

I strongly agree with both Duster and Madisonears

Any decent a/c connector is designed to be used with stranded wire. In addition to being safer you will get a larger contact area on all 3 legs when using stranded due to the "crush" when tightened. This will also make for a better/safer connection.

Do the voltage drop calculation. 12awg is plenty and opens more options as to better wire. If it were me I would call Chris VH, order enough for a flavor 2, build it and call it a day.

If you must do 10awg then why not consider a flavor 4? These are great cables but building a 38 footer would be comparable to wrestling a good sized anaconda. You would definitely need another set of hands. This would give you 9awg on both line and return and 10awg on ground.

I have a less expensive alternative if you are interested. I have about 50 feet of Carol SOOW 10/3 600 volt cable that was cryoed by Lee Weiland about 3 months before his unfortunate passing. I used to build some cables for him and this is the last of a 100 foot piece. I'd be happy to talk about it if you are interested. This makes a nice entry level power cable but make no mistake if you went with 12awg you would have more and better options. The "boutique" 10/3 cables would be out of sight when building a 38 footer.

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