|
Dell, the only answer I can give is IT DEPENDS. Im NOT trying to be smart or nuttin but be it flat braided or bunched stranded cable, it still has a certain ampacity rating and the higher that rating the better and the less voltage dropped n wasted as heat energy across the cable versus it being expended across the starter where it does the most good to crank the engine over faster. Still, one has to compare apples to apples, i.e., a light 8 Gauge cable, even if flat braided or fine stranded, still doesnt have the ampacity of a 4 Gauge single solid cable, you still have to make an apples to apples comparison. Nowwwww wwwww all that having been said, I prefer the flat braided strap ground cables for their flexibility, originality and looks. Sooooo ooooo heres the technical advantages and differences in cable design and reasons why the braided may be considered "better." Due to a phenomenon of current flow in cables called the "skin effect" the most current is carried in the outer portion of a cable which is why some of the inner core portion of a large single strand cable is wasted. Thats the reason Welding cable and Flat Braided Cable has more strands of fine wires then lesser strands of larger diameter wires cuz the skin effect makes more smaller wire strands more efficient PLUS the cable is more flexible. Get it????? ????? A cable made up of tons of very small conductors is more flexibile and more efficient cuz if it were one big solid large diameter single cable, most current flows only in the outer portions. I prefer a flat braided ground strap myself cuz of the inefficiencies of lesser larger conductors versus smaller but more conductors caused by the skin effect,,,,, ,,plus its more flexible,,,,, ,,,,, and looks neat and original more original. Thats my story n Im a stickin to it John T
|
