My advice is to get speaker wire that has oxygen free copper, which will cut down on corrosion, and get at least 16 guage. Electric Wires Vs Speaker Wires: Full Explanation. 667 Posts . But electrical signals travel through speaker wire at near the speed of light. It would take miles of speaker wire to hear any difference. The advantage of speaker wire over (solid) electrical wire is that it's generally stranded and therefore more flexible; i.e., it lays flat on the floor well. the flex factor should be accounted for whereas when buying wire at a building supply you should factor this. Look at the Wire Itself. Battery Cable. Discussion Starter • #1 • Oct 5, 2010. I'll use speaker wire in 12v dc applications where 18g isn't quite enough though since normally I have 16g speaker wire readily available but only keep 18g hookup wire on hand since it's all I need most of the time for processors, turn-on wires, LED trailer lights, boat electronics that usually only require a 3a fuse, etc. 5. Every speaker wire will have an indicator to tell them apart, such as color. mrel Speakers can run in 'reverse' (out of phase) but they will sound terrible - so it is important that the + and - terminals be connected correctly. Interestingly, the difference between electric wires and car speakers is like Schrödinger’s Cat, i.e., they might be similar and different simultaneously. As Morphsci pointed out in speaker wire, in speaker wire manuf. (1) My post is to find out what different between 10 gauge speaker wire and a 10 gauge power wire. Let us further explain this contradiction. The important thing when connecting speaker wires to the speaker terminals is to have all speakers polarized the same. This means matching the speaker wires to the same polarization of the source. Battery cable is typically used to connect the battery to the car’s electrical system (typically at the starter) and ground. (2) As you say better to use copper clad aluminum wire for solar panel. Speaker wire sound quality facts: While it’s true that many electrical components & conductors do have capacitance and inductance that can affect the sound, the speaker wire has very little.Far less than what is needed to have a real impact on sound quality & the frequency response of a speaker … ) Everyday electricians, definitely use smaller multi-stranded wire applications, Vs solid strand, for wires when vibration, or flex is a factor. So i need to run a positive and negative to these HID lights where the ballasts cannot be … (3) Speaker and power wire both are 10 gauge so what different can you use speaker wire to hookup solar panel or use copper clad aluminum wire for speaker hookup. A hundred foot roll at wall mart is under 20 bucks, you arent giving up much on price and are getting good quality Then go to radio shack and get some gold plated connectors to connect it to There you can order custom cut lengths of pairs of speaker cables, for example, Blue Jean Cable sells pairs of 10 foot "Belden 5000UE 12 AWG Speaker Cable… First, one should know the difference between electric wires and car speakers. See our selection of Speaker Wire HERE.