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Originally Posted by Sammus
I thought the flexibility of the wire we use was more from the high strand count than the silicone sheath? The guy at my local electronics place had never heard or seen anything like the 12ga deans wet noodle I showed him. The thick high current expensive wire they sold there paled in comparison (strand count and flexibility were much less) and it too was silicone insulated.
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for the amount of line we use (8 inches or less) it is probably not going to make a huge difference if one wire has 1250 strands and another has 1660.
naturally, as you get larger diameter wire it is going to be less flexible, even with silicone and high strand count. secondly, 8 ga is going to user thicker insulation over 12 ga. so that will make it less flexible despite it being silicone.
believe me, i spent over $2k building this buggy and over 50 hours. i didnt do all that to go chintsy on the wire.
bottom line is, when i find some more pure copper, high strand, silicone 10 ga i will switch to that. until then, what i got will have to do.
any recommendations where to get some?
btw, here is a pic of the 8 ga i used, some 10 ga tinned line (which i wont use cuz i heard its not as good as pure copper), and deans wet noodle 12 ga. from left to right. probably hard to tell from this photo but you can see they are similar.
maybe you can answer this for me too. does having a bullet connector in your line reduce current flow and if so, by how much? is it bad enough that its worth doing a direct solder?
maybe i will start a new thread and get some expert advice on this. i have heard of guys switching to deans connectors and seeing more power but i dont know what they were using before. i have heard that the deans, traxxas, and the Losi EC bullet connectors are all comparable. but i havent tested them all to know if thats true.