So I am looking to upgrade my power wire to a 4ga and I found stinger wire for 1.19 a foot and some mobile spec for .89 a foot at a radioshack. Is there a big difference in quality or will I be good with the mobile spec. The only thing I found was that the stinger had a harder coating.

 

Anybody with input on my stupid question

 

there should be no difference in performance.


what can happen is that cheaper wires can start corroding (sp?) and in the long run, you might feel iffy about it.

Higher quality wires may also have more strands so that they are more flexible, making installation easier.

 

well, the more strands, the more flexible the wire, so that is nice, but past that, you are pretty much paying for name and cosmetics......I run all stinger and their accessories work very well. I'm really **** about my wiring, so mine must match as close as possible, but if that is not a consideration for you, then buy what's cheap.

and you will get someone to tell you to go buy welding cable b/c it's mega cheap and very flexible

 

I usually run everything PG, but I was looking to upgrade and trying to save a little, and .40 a foot is pretty good. I'll just go for it and see how it works.

 

knukonceptz is my choice for power wire -

$0.99 /ft for 4 gauge I believe; highest (that I know of) strand count in each gauge.

But I'm not opposed to a good deal!

 

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$0.99 /ft for 4 gauge I believe; highest (that I know of) strand count in each gauge.

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Thanks... That is how much stinger pro 4ga is on ebay, but the shipping kills

 

All wire will corrode over time its copper, copper oxidizes fairly easily.

Most of the corrosion I find is because someone soldered the wires. While soldering is a good thing, leaving the flux behind is bad. Rosin flux which is the most common flux found in store bought solder is corrosive. It's suppossed to be non corrosive at room temperature, while this is somewhat true it's not completely true. This is why if you split a wire that has been soldered you will find corrosion almost the entire length of the wire. It takes a while but it will happen.

I recommend cleaning your solder joints with alcohol. Rosin will dissolve in alcohol but not water. Or use no clean flux, I still even clean this type of flux.