*BUMPING an old thread*

I was looking for wire options, but I want to find different color options other than the typical
Red, Black, and Blue.

Saw online some transparent wire in blue, red and silver, but all I can find for dealers are the red and black.

Not sure if some of the "speaker wire" I've found is the same.


I looked at TQ, and it only shows the Red/Black.


trying to dress up my cars a bit to go with my new paint scheme and electronics.



Momo

Are you only looking for red, blue, or silver?

Blue and red should be easy to find. Not so sure about silver, though.

I can find white, orange, yellow and pink.

I'll bet what you saw was power/ground wire for car audio. It's not as flexible as RC silicone wire, but it can surely handle the power demands of a hefty brushless setup.

TQ Wire may not have transparent/translucent insulation wire, but they do have yellow, blue, and orange in addition to red & black.

TQ 13 Gauge wire

I tried that, but the insulation melted

what gage wire did you use?

18 is too thin
16-14 should be fine
12 is overkill

10 gauge open mod with a 3.5 turn novak motor. It was the leads from the battery to the esc. They melted together & I stopped to get a temp. reading & I could smell & see the wires cooking.

The problem was the insulation is a form of plastic & has no resistance to heat like silicone or rubber.
Tom

Digging up a really old thread. I just purchased a used Muchmore Fleta Pro V2 ESC and it came soldered with Muchmore branded 12 awg wire but it's a copper color. Every other ESC I own has the silver tinned cooper wire so I'm wondering why this one has the plain copper colored wire. Is one more efficient than the other or the same? All the product shots I've seen of the same ESC has the silver tinned cooper so now I'm wondering why this one is different.

I'm not sure but the way I understand it is tinning the strands of copper wire is just to prevent corrosion or oxidation as the case may be. Probably more of a problem in high humidity or close proximity to saltwater ocean

Silver plated (or clad), not tinned. Tin is a different metal. Pure copper is cheaper than silver plated wire by a little bit, so I'm guessing that's why they used it. It might oxidate more, especially at higher temperatures, but you're not going to experience a performance difference.

this is the answer. metals oxidize and its hard to get solder to stick to oxidation. so wires get tinned before the oxidize so that you can solder them later without the hassle. however Flux is an acid that allows the solder to penetrate the oxidation if they have not been tinned. use it properly and your soldering will improve.

some wires do come silver clad which does conduct better. an example is mil-spec wire. i suspect most rc wires are just pre tinned or soldered.