Can I use 4awg wire for my inverter
I want to use my 600W inverter on my trailer. My current plan is to mount it in a box on the tongue keeping wire length to about 18 inches. On an earlier post it was suggested to use 4gauge wire for 6...
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opnspaces wrote:
Thanks for all the responses. I hadn't considered the flexing and work hardening aspect. I might also look into the starter cables from the car parts store. Though I wonder if those are really copper plated aluminum like most of the cheap jumper cable sets.
The starter (or switch to starter, or similar) wires I've seen have been proper copper wire, so far as I can suss out. The money and weight savings are not so large when it's a foot and a half wire assembly as when it's eighteen feet of double wire. Also, they need to actually carry substantial current to work properly.
