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Hey folks, Just wondering what you guys used and where you got your wire for all your electrical stuff (ie. lights, cb radio, so on and so forth)? I have been to the local automotive stores and all they had was the PVC coated wire. I have been interested in getting some cross-linked (like painless performance I believe) but haven't found a decent place to buy non painless wire. Thanks for your help. Posted in some other forums with no responses so I figured I would go to a more populated forum. Thanks again.

[Malpaso]

PowerWerx.
I use powerpoles and rigrunners for all my DC projects.

[Jerry Bransford]

Wire is wire, I buy mine at lots of sources included Home Depot, the local hardware store, Radio Shack, and an electronic surplus store. Stick with any decent gauge stranded wire and you'll be fine. Most Jeep wiring needs can be handled even at Home Depot.

[Exparrot]

I've actually gotten a decent amount of my wiring from HD like Jerry said, but also from Walmart's electronics section. Phillips-Magnavox makes some pretty stout (but cheap) speaker wires that would work reasonably well for anything.

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Alright cool I will head to HD. I never really thought of going there for wiring for my truck. Thanks for the help. I'm just sick of the overpriced crappy pvc jacketed wire you get at autoparts stores. Thanks again.

[Scrambler82]

IMHO...

I'm not with the rest on the wire thing... watch the wire you buy, try to get the type with the flexible sheathing and make sure it is oil and gas resistant for under the hood. Not sure but it might be called Automotive Wire but you will be able to tell as soon as you touch it, it will not be hard.
Buying Painless Wire is way overkill even for me.
NAPA has the type I am thinking of and a local Marine Supply Store where I live has it too, so a place like AutoZone or other Auto Store should have something.

Don't buy House Wire, individual wire or otherwise. House Wiring Type of Wire is not flexible enough for easy wiring. If you go to Home Depot watch what you buy.

12 gauge wire should cover almost all of your wiring needs up to approximately 20 to 25 amps, get some 10 gauge as needed for the lighting applications with 30 amps circuits.

Another thing I like to do and some say WHY... but run all of your grounds back to the battery, maybe a terminal strip near the battery to make the connections look neater. This method will reduce Grounding problems.

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