On May 30, 2005 01:33 pm, PicDude wrote:
> Even for a well-secured wire running from a trunk-mounted battery to
> the starter solenoid at the front of the car?

Well, it's your project, so take the advice or ignore it  ;-)
I've only seen stranded battery connectors going to the battery in a 
car, but then I'm not much to look under the hood.
Your starter solenoid is mounted on the motor, and your motor is 
probably mounted on rubber gaskets for vibration.  Your whole car 
flexes, expands with temperature, etc.   At minimum, use some extra 
insulation around the mount-points where you're holding the wires since 
vibration is going to rub at the mount-points into your insulation.
Use the other wiring in your car as an example of mount-points and type 
of wire used.

> > 1st hit on google:
> > http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=gauge+copper+wire
> >+resistance+per+foot&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

> Interesting.  It's all in the search terms I guess (I used things
> including 0-gauge, 1-gauge, automotive wire, etc).

yessiree    8-)

The dash limited your search to large words like "0-gauge", and other 
forms of transportation also use wire too, such as planes, trains, 
marine, spaceships.
The webpage also mentions ARRL book, and it's a great guide.
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