Scosche power wire question. copper or CCa?

Stryker · Post by **Stryker** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 2:35 pm

hey , as the title states i'm curious as to the type of 0 gauge wire i found and bought on Ebay. i asked the dude if it was 100% copper and he answered back that he wasn't sure but that it looked like it may be aluminum. I took the chance and grabbed it cause the price was right, 34 feet for 45.00. i received it today and it looks like it is copper with a silverish coating. phoned Scosche and the tech guy said it was 100% copper with a silver coating...is this true? it states on the wire itself EFX high current power/ground cable and thats it. thx in advance for the replys/answers

Corey

Post by **stipud** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 2:44 pm

Scosche silver plated copper cabling? Yeah right.

It's probably tin, at best.

Stryker · Post by **Stryker** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 2:47 pm

as a note it sells for 275.50 for a 50 feet roll in US dollars

Post by **stipud** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:00 pm

That seems normal for 0 gauge.

Silver wire is usually in the thousands of dollars. Not sure about silver plated wire, but it's likely very expensive.

Also, silver oxidizes quite badly. I wouldn't want to use it in my car personally. Not worth the theoretical 20% improvement in conductivity.... just buy a copper wire 20% bigger for 1/10th the cost

Post by **Bfowler** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:09 pm

MANY companies are using copper clad aluminum now. i would be very surprised if any company risked using silver in a application like this.

gkitching · Post by **gkitching** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:34 pm

100% copper with silver coating isn't 100% copper is it?

It is tinned (asian) copper. It's not the equivalent gauge as ANSI spec. Their 4ga is closer to 6ga, their 1/0 is closer to 2ga. etc, etc.