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Old 06-28-2013, 09:31 PM
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Originally Posted by ccracin View Post
1awg and 1/0 are the same size. You can google stranded wire ampacity chart and you will see what size you need for a given total amp load. For most applications 2awg or 2/0 will be plenty. The exception would be typically for high power stereo systems. Hope that helps.
Not to step on your toes but #1 is smaller than 1/0 , O.D. of #1 is .58 ,1/0 is .62.
Resistance of #1 is .134 and 1/0 is .106
Kevin

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