Anthony Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Can anyone suggest a place that might sell automotive wiring?I've had a pest chew a wire in my modern car and need to make a repair to the loomThe wiring goes into a block connectorThere are two wiresOne is black and whiteThe other is blue and greenAnyone know where to look for something like this?I'm sure it's obvious, but I'm tired and a little stupid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piman Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Hello Anthony, Vehicle wiring products sell automotive thin wall cable by the metre, which should be suitable? http://www.vehicle-wiring-products.eu/VWP-onlinestore/cable/thinwall.php Use the colour drop down menu, to find the colours you need. (Apart from ref11 which is solid colour only)Alec Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted June 25, 2012 Author Share Posted June 25, 2012 Nice one mate!Do you know how they're calculating the wire size/thickness?Does it include the insulation or not?This is what I'm after Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve AKA vitessesteve Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 You need to buy the wire that is thick enough for the current that will passing through it. What are the wires you want to replace connected to?Normally wiring is sold by the size of the conducting part rather than the overall size that includes the insulation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piman Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Hello Anthony, as Steve says it is the conductor cross sectional area, if you look at the web site it quotes the current rating for each cable size. If you know the wattage of what your cables are feeding just divide by 12 for the current.Alec Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JensH Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Count the strands - and use next 'oversize' wire :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josok Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 It's the usual ever returning confusion again. It's the fuse behind the wire, that protects the wire from heating, burning and starting a fire. To take it practical: If the consumer is a 2 watt bulb, the wire could be extremely thin, calculating and following the previous advice.If the fuse would be large, say 30 A, (maybe because there are other consumers connected to that same fuse too) and that little bulb would short out, the fuse would not blow.Instead that thin wire would get hot, very hot, and create disaster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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