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12-21-2005, 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by thunder550
Resistance is resistance, its fixed. The other variables will change in relation to eachother, but the resistance is a constant.
Resistance DOES change with current flow......a wire CAN reach a point at which it is unable to carry more current, at that point the resistance climbs exponentially relative to the current flow and is dissappated as heat
While this doesn't matter for most things it certainly DOES matter when it comes to things like in-car-entertainment or spark plug wires.
12-22-2005, 08:59 AM
#34
Originally Posted by Yelo
Um, NO
Resistance DOES change with current flow......a wire CAN reach a point at which it is unable to carry more current, at that point the resistance climbs exponentially relative to the current flow and is dissappated as heat
While this doesn't matter for most things it certainly DOES matter when it comes to things like in-car-entertainment or spark plug wires.
Resistance DOES change with current flow......a wire CAN reach a point at which it is unable to carry more current, at that point the resistance climbs exponentially relative to the current flow and is dissappated as heat
While this doesn't matter for most things it certainly DOES matter when it comes to things like in-car-entertainment or spark plug wires.
12-22-2005, 10:40 AM
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Because of the dynatechs burning plug wires I switched to Accel 9000+ extreme. However, I noticed the coating was only on the plug boot so I am not sure what good that would do me since my wire was getting burnt on #5 and #7. I did try wire sleeves but that made it last longer only. Anyways, with these wires, I would cut them and shorten them to length, use the Accel Variangle boots and that seems to work well.
12-22-2005, 09:17 PM
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12-25-2005, 02:43 AM
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Current will increase the temperature in a wire and as temperature increases the resitivity increases. Eventually the wire will pop/dissengrate and/or start a fire. This is the idea behind a fuse.
Each metal has a resistance value (R) propotional to it's inherant resitivity coefficient (rho-temp. dependant) & the length of the wire (L- variable) & inversely proportional to the cross section area (A -variable). Formula = R = p*L/A. At a given temp, material and length of wire, the Talor 10.5mm, for example, would provide less resistance that an 8mm wire, and therefore the voltage drop across the wire would be less. This 1.5mm may be negligible. Basically you want the shortest wire with the largest diameter. I leave to the wire manufacturers to decide the material.
Anyway, I have the Talor Thundervolt 10.4mm. I installed them a year ago and was just checking plugs yesterday during my radix install and one busted on the plug side. Damn things.
Measured the resistance on all and they were all around 39ohms except two @ 110ohms, 440 ohms, & of coarse there is the broken one with now infinity ohms
Anyone know hte warrenty on these?
Each metal has a resistance value (R) propotional to it's inherant resitivity coefficient (rho-temp. dependant) & the length of the wire (L- variable) & inversely proportional to the cross section area (A -variable). Formula = R = p*L/A. At a given temp, material and length of wire, the Talor 10.5mm, for example, would provide less resistance that an 8mm wire, and therefore the voltage drop across the wire would be less. This 1.5mm may be negligible. Basically you want the shortest wire with the largest diameter. I leave to the wire manufacturers to decide the material.
Anyway, I have the Talor Thundervolt 10.4mm. I installed them a year ago and was just checking plugs yesterday during my radix install and one busted on the plug side. Damn things.
Measured the resistance on all and they were all around 39ohms except two @ 110ohms, 440 ohms, & of coarse there is the broken one with now infinity ohms
Anyone know hte warrenty on these?
12-25-2005, 11:01 AM
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A magazine said stock ones ohmed around 958, the red ones ohmed at 858 for me.
A magazine said stock ones ohmed around 958, the red ones ohmed at 858 for me.