(Thick) battery wire is not as flexible as three thinner wires, but both can support the same Voltage and current. I would go for the three to prevent damage due to the inflexibility of the battery wire. Welmoed. --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "bitsyncmater" <david.mckeen@...> wrote: > > --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, mike clemens <rmclemns@> wrote: > >> > > The question I have is: To replace the wire is a > > given, but should I replace it with three 10 gauge > > wires again or can I just use a 4 gauge battery wire > > instead?? It seems really dumb to me to use three > > smaller wires when one bigger one should work just as > > well or better. Maybe one of you electrical engineers > > could chime in and let me know why it was designed > > this way. > > > > Mike TPS 1630 > > You will be able to do a neater job with the three #10 wires than > with one #4.....more flexable and crip lugs are smaller. > _____________________________________________________________________ > _______________ > > Check out the hottest 2008 models today at Yahoo! Autos. > > http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html > > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/