Originally Posted by Ntensweapon
okay???
i don't see the point. electricity flows on the outer core of the conducter. stranded wire serves more purpose than being flexible. mirco stranded wires give the best flow in dc application. ie locomotive cable and welding cables.
Tens,
Actually before I did this I thought the same way. However I did some research and the skin effect only applies to AC and not DC. Check out the link.
http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_2/chpt_3/6.html
If the skin effect was in play a tube would be better than flexible cable as when the individual wires run in and out of the bundle the current will constantly want to jump to the strands on the outside.
Chris