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Power Electrical Wiring. More specific question.?

1/0 AWG. RADAFLEX ^ to 90C, 1580 strand count, 32 AWG wires. Knukonceptz ^ to 105C 5145 strand count 36 AWG wire Not a huge difference in C but a huge difference in strand count I was just curious to as how strand count and size effects current flow?

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very little or no difference in conductance. Strand count primarily effects flexibility. A lead wire for a welder flopping around on a shop floor doesn't need to have the flexibility of a large cable being routed through the firewall of a car. Don't let anyone try to BS you with skin effect and why you need high strand count using very fine wires. Skin effect is only an issue in very high frequency AC transmission.
Finally, someone who knows what he's talking about. N2Audio is exactly right. If you need the wire to flex or go around tight corners, fine stranded is much easier to work with. 1/0 wire would be impossible to run if it was thick strand like power wire. Skin effect is the tendency of high frequency radio to flow along the surface of a conductor. It's why some big antenna lines have hollow center conductors or small antenna lines can use copper cladded steel.

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