Wire gauge questions

I'll I am trying to say is bigger is better. 12 is a better idea than 14 but you really only have to run 14 for that sized circuit It's up to you, it's your truck. I never said that 14 was bigger than 12 "Bigger wires have added mechanical protection." I was actually talking about the 12 gauge here. sorry for the confusion.

 

Well you said...

...which is completely reverse of what you just said.

 

Look. The sun is shining; Let's shovel the crap away, now that we're all on the same page

BTW, Nice smokes there, Bradley. My fav is the Maxx, damn pricy though.

 

the strange thing im running in to now is that the lights themselves come with about 6" of #16 to connect to, and from what I remember I don't want to start splicing #12 to #16.

Doing things right can be a serious pain in the ass sometimes

 

Remember each light draw is half so for that part it's fine. So you'll have two 16 going to a 12. Don''t joint a 16 to a 16 then off to the twelve. Join the two 16's where it meets the 12 under one connection. Make sense ?

What ever what I meant up there is if you must run smaller because you have to sqeeze the wires threw little holes then you can go as small as #14 but really you want to run heavier wire. One size up is the normal rule of thumb ( requires 14 so use #12 ) If it was a really long run then you would actually have to go bigger then than #12. Truck is not big enough though for that problem to occur.

 

got it, thanks trap. Now somebody change the damn weather forecast so I can get this done tomorrow and I can stop thinking about it

 

It's only good if he wires them in parallel. Series, not so good

 

If you get a chance, try the Man'o'War Ruination, and get your mind blown!

But, back on topic.