Battery Cable Gauge Chart
Our battery cable is american made and comes in gauge awg sizes of 6 4 2 1 1 0 2 0 3 0 and 4 0 with 6 gauge being the smallest and 4 0 gauge being the largest.
Battery cable gauge chart. 1 16 of 400 results for battery cable gauge chart price and other details may vary based on size and color. Now lets say that you are using a smaller gauge cable for that same length and your voltage drop is 10. Get it as soon as thu sep 24. Strands x sbc inches mm inches mm color put up.
The reason this sizing is used is because wire sized using the sae wire gauge have larger and fewer strands than those sized using the standard american wire gauge. Now your voltmeter at the other end of your battery cable will read 10 8 volts 12 volts 10 and that same 100 amp current draw will cause your battery cable to absorb 120 watts 10 amps of power leaving only 90 amps available. 4 0 364 30 simply refers to a 4 awg cable made with 364 strands of 30 awg wire. Use 2 0 battery cables for hard to crank engines like high compression big blocks or diesel engines electric vehicle battery banks depending on controller amperage and large rv power converters house batteries.
A size of 4 0 364 30 indicates the gauge size as well as the strand count. 4 8 out of 5 stars 339. Sae wire gauge size and amperage for a d c. Battery cable load charts length to load these charts will show length in feet.
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