Yes, I think 4 AWG would be a little lightweight, but a couple of things to
consider if you still have lots of 4 AWG and connectors in hand. Motorcycles
don't usually have very much cable in them. I have a total of about 6 feet, so
even with a smaller guage your power loss might be insignificant. Also you can
always double up wire, so you could just use two strands of 4 guage. When I
first wired up my motorcycle I was using 4 guage, but that was a very early
version and I was running a 275 amp Curtis controller. I never had any
problems with the 4 guage, but when I was redoing things I just figured getting
a little more copper in the system would be good.
damon> Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:11:42 -0500> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:
[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ElectricMotorcycles] wire
gauge> > I use welding cable in my Elec-Trak which is really flexible and nice
to > work with - 4 AWG I think. I was thinking of the same for this, but I >
will be running higher amps - I'm also using an Alltrax 400A controller. > 2
AWG makes sense. Of course bigger is always better, but at some point > it gets
in the way and too expensive.> > - SteveS> > damon henry wrote:> > It's the
amount of amps that you will draw that is important when > > choosing your
wire. I've been happy with 2 guage on my motorcycle. > > That is with an
Alltrax 400 amp controller. Be sure that you get a > > nice flexible wire with
lots of strands. It will make everything much > > easier.> > > > damon> >> > >
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:09:48 -0500> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To:
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gauge> > >> > > Getting ready to buy wire and terminals - what gauge do you all
use for> > > the heavy stuff? (I'll be running 36 or 48V).> > >> > > - SteveS>
> >> >> >> >
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