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Originally Posted by bigaudiofanat
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OP as long as your ground wire is the same gauge/kind as your power wire you will be fine. Just don't run a 4 gauge wire to your amp and a 8 gauge ground. I recommend knu for your power wire. |
As long as the voltage drop across the wire is within limits, it doesn't matter what the conductor is made of. Yes, some materials do not conduct as well, eg, Aluminum vs Copper, and a larger wire size is required to get the same voltage drop.
The power and ground wire sizes do not have to match as long as the smallest wire is big enough. Eg, if 8 ga wire is called for, you can use 6 ga (or larger) for one of the wires.
As long as the wire will handle the current with little voltage drop, nothing else matters. This is DC we're talking about, not AC or signal.
Edit: To sum it up, get the wiring with the least resistance that will fit in the hole. That includes the connectors (if any). Copper, Aluminum, Silver, Gold, solid, stranded, whatever - it doesn't matter. I don't recommend Al for various reasons (cold flow, &c), but, electrically, it works great for power.