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SMOKER
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Number of posts : 191
Age : 45
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PostSubject: BUS BARS??   BUS BARS?? Icon_minitimeSat Oct 25, 2008 6:52 pm
OK ALL YOU PRO"S . IF YOU WERE GOING TO USE ALUMINUM BUS BARS HOW THICK SHOULD THEY BE?? WOULD A QUARTER INCH THICK BE ABOUT RIGHT OR WOULD YOU GO THICKER? POINTERS OR ADVISE PLEASE..
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scionsoloxb
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Thats a Lot of Posts!
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PostSubject: Re: BUS BARS??   BUS BARS?? Icon_minitimeSat Oct 25, 2008 7:12 pm
1/4+ but i know someone been "smoking" ppl all year on alot thinner stuff. i would personaly use 3/8. about 1-2" wide.
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sanman
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PostSubject: Re: BUS BARS??   BUS BARS?? Icon_minitimeSat Oct 25, 2008 7:18 pm
I have been running thinner stuff for 2 years now in the sdimei think mine is 1/8"
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scionsoloxb
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PostSubject: Re: BUS BARS??   BUS BARS?? Icon_minitimeSat Oct 25, 2008 7:20 pm
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n-stereo
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PostSubject: Re: BUS BARS??   BUS BARS?? Icon_minitimeSat Oct 25, 2008 7:58 pm
1/4" X 1"- 1 1/2" Wide should be ok depending on how many batteries and amplifier amperage your working with . you can also go battery to battery with 4ga to 0ga wire and regular battery terminals . again all depending on the system power .
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PostSubject: Re: BUS BARS??   BUS BARS?? Icon_minitimeSat Oct 25, 2008 8:44 pm
myself i found this too work. i used these blocks on the batteries and they worked out great.

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sanman
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PostSubject: Re: BUS BARS??   BUS BARS?? Icon_minitimeSat Oct 25, 2008 8:51 pm
you mean i could be louder using thicker buss bars hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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El Jimador
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PostSubject: Re: BUS BARS??   BUS BARS?? Icon_minitimeSat Oct 25, 2008 9:50 pm
Copper 1/4" thick by 1-1/2" wide, rated for 400 amp. Cost $14.70 a foot, and I got about 20 feet in my s10, it's a pretty sweet setup, but cost almost $300 dollars.
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sanman
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PostSubject: Re: BUS BARS??   BUS BARS?? Icon_minitimeSat Oct 25, 2008 9:53 pm
MINE IS ALLUMINUM AND IS 1/4X 1 1/2
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PostSubject: Re: BUS BARS??   BUS BARS?? Icon_minitimeSat Oct 25, 2008 10:53 pm
I HAVE SOME COPPER TERMINALS LIKE THOSE ALUM BUT TO ME THE THICKER THE BAR THE MORE RESISTANCE IT WOULD HAVE. AT LEAST WITH ALUM. SO HOW THICK FOR 800 AMPS? SANDMAN HOW MANY AMPS (DRAW) AND BATTERIES DO YOU RUN? ANYONE ELSE GOT SOME EXAMPLES??
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sanman
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PostSubject: Re: BUS BARS??   BUS BARS?? Icon_minitimeSat Oct 25, 2008 10:56 pm
20 batts/around 600 amps per amplifier so thats 3 amps
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sanman
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PostSubject: Re: BUS BARS??   BUS BARS?? Icon_minitimeSat Oct 25, 2008 10:57 pm
thickness of the metal I am not thinking is an issue it still has many free flowing electrons wich most of us electical guys know is what it takes to move electricity athrough or across metal.
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El Jimador
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PostSubject: Re: BUS BARS??   BUS BARS?? Icon_minitimeSun Oct 26, 2008 12:45 am
Smoker, if that's true the thicker the bar the more resistance than we should all be using hair-thin copper strands instead of zero guage power cable.
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PostSubject: Re: BUS BARS??   BUS BARS?? Icon_minitimeSun Oct 26, 2008 1:25 am
TRUE BUT 0-GAUGE IS MADE UP OF ALOT OF STRANDS OF WIRE AND NOT A SOLID PIECE OF COPPER !!! MOST GOOD 0-GUAGE IS THICK BUT HAS A HIGH STRAND COUNT FOR THE ELECTRONS TO FLOW .
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n-stereo
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PostSubject: Re: BUS BARS??   BUS BARS?? Icon_minitimeSun Oct 26, 2008 1:56 am
think of the thickness like a fuse . the thicker the better and the less resistance .

sanman
your buss bars are too too thick lol!
and you have too much power lol!
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84CRX
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PostSubject: Re: BUS BARS??   BUS BARS?? Icon_minitimeSun Oct 26, 2008 3:10 am
bigbass140 wrote:
myself i found this too work. i used these blocks on the batteries and they worked out great.

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Home depot FTMFW!
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Greg McCool
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Location : Nashville, TN
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PostSubject: Re: BUS BARS??   BUS BARS?? Icon_minitimeSun Oct 26, 2008 10:02 am
I like copper my self and these lugs I found at a local electric store.

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PostSubject: Re: BUS BARS??   BUS BARS?? Icon_minitimeSun Oct 26, 2008 3:25 pm
1/4 X 1.00 copper works the best. I tried 3/8 X 1.0 and it sucked..lol. (too hard to bend and drill)
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sanman
I own this joint!
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PostSubject: Re: BUS BARS??   BUS BARS?? Icon_minitimeSun Oct 26, 2008 4:34 pm
exactly thats why i use the thin stuff lol
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thunderchicken
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PostSubject: Re: BUS BARS??   BUS BARS?? Icon_minitimeSun Oct 26, 2008 9:32 pm
i was wondering about what size to get, ive been looking at doin this i knew i was gonna go with copper was just debating on the size.
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ibbangin
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PostSubject: Re: BUS BARS??   BUS BARS?? Icon_minitimeTue Oct 28, 2008 8:52 pm
where can u buy busbars????
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scionsoloxb
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Thats a Lot of Posts!
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PostSubject: Re: BUS BARS??   BUS BARS?? Icon_minitimeTue Oct 28, 2008 9:00 pm
ibbangin wrote:
where can u buy busbars????
homedepot has them. or buy online somewhere.
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bruce-bruce
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PostSubject: Re: BUS BARS??   BUS BARS?? Icon_minitimeTue Oct 28, 2008 9:04 pm
copper is not as easy to find as aluminum
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ibbangin
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PostSubject: Re: BUS BARS??   BUS BARS?? Icon_minitimeTue Oct 28, 2008 9:09 pm
well, i went to home depot and they said they didn't have'em and i looked and didn't see them.... they had some little rails with a bunch of screws in them(they were bout as wide as a pencil)...
any one know of a particular place online?????
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scionsoloxb
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Thats a Lot of Posts!
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PostSubject: Re: BUS BARS??   BUS BARS?? Icon_minitimeTue Oct 28, 2008 9:25 pm
yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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ibbangin
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PostSubject: Re: BUS BARS??   BUS BARS?? Icon_minitimeTue Oct 28, 2008 9:41 pm
should i get the .187 or the .250 thick one's
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sanman
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I own this joint!
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PostSubject: Re: BUS BARS??   BUS BARS?? Icon_minitimeTue Oct 28, 2008 9:55 pm
you buy stock of aluminum man get the drill with the unibit on it measure out where the holes should be drill htem in the and use bolts to hold them on walla you just made bussbars
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ibbangin
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PostSubject: Re: BUS BARS??   BUS BARS?? Icon_minitimeTue Oct 28, 2008 10:00 pm
a place i found online has .092, .125,.187, .250,.321... what thickness should i get?????
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SPL2K
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PostSubject: Re: BUS BARS??   BUS BARS?? Icon_minitimeTue Oct 28, 2008 10:30 pm
ibbangin wrote:
a place i found online has .092, .125,.187, .250,.321... what thickness should i get?????

I refuse to help you because of your signature. lol!
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ibbangin
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PostSubject: Re: BUS BARS??   BUS BARS?? Icon_minitimeTue Oct 28, 2008 10:33 pm
thats cool but, ur efforts will not stop him from winning...lol yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah!!!!!!!!
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