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You never know what sort of surprises you may find throughout the day!

Yesterday, we received a wonderful hand-written letter along with print photos from our dear customer, Bill, who wrote us about his hybrid solar electrical system he has around his home. Here is what Bill had to say:

Dear Wire And Cable Your Way,

Once again I want to thank you for your prompt service.  It was just shy of 24 hours from the time I placed my order with you that the welding cable was in my hands.

I'm using your welding cable as feed lines for a hybrid electrical system in our cabin in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State.  We are 3/4 of a mile off the nearest paved road so we use a wind turbine and solar panels to keep our battery bank charged.

This photo is of our wind turbine:



It's 46' in the air & produces 400 Watts of at 12 Volts D.C.

Due to the tower height and total distance from the battery bank, 112', I used your #2 Welding Cable as feed lines.  The cable was chosen to minimize line loss.

I ran your welding cable down the inside of the pipe and out the base. The welding cable exits the tower and goes underground through conduit into the the cabin.  The smaller diameter houses the ground from the lightening arrestor (also using your #2 awg welding cable).



This panel house 2 breakers, one for stopping the turbine (for maintenance), and the other is a battery disconnect.  I should mention that being able to buy welding cable with a red or black jacket makes keeping polarity a no-brainer.





These other photos of the welding cable show our battery bank of 6-110 amp hour AGM Batteries (they do not off gas so are approved for use indoors).  Again I used your #2 welding cables for the inter connects.



We also have our 3000 Watt Inverter which takes the 12 Volts D.C. from the battery and connects it to the 120 Volt A.C. and feeds our distribution panel.



Thanks to your high-quality welding cables the system is able to run our entire cabin, fridge, lights, water pump, radio & TV. I am in the process of upgrading our solar panels and will be using your welding as well.

Again, thank you for the great product and very prompt service.  I will be doing business with you again and you can be assured I will highly recommend "Wire And Cable Your Way" to anyone in need of electrical wire & cable.

-Bill

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Thanks, Bill!  We greatly appreciate the letter and the insight into your solar electrical system!

If you would like to learn more about our welding cables please click here >>

You can also visit us at www.WireAndCableYourWay.com view all our electrical wire & cable products.

Thanks for stopping by!

Your Pal,
Willie

www.WireAndCableYourWay.com

What is the Price of #4 AWG Wire?

Below are a few popular #4 awg copper wires Wire & Cable To Go offers along with links to prices:

1. #4 AWG THHN/THWN-2 Copper Building Wire

• THHN/THWN-2 Building Wire is the most popular type of building wire in the industry.


• We offer #4 awg THHN/THWN-2 Building Wire by the foot and in several different colors (black, green, white, red, blue, brown, orange, yellow, gray)

CLICK HERE TO VIEW #4 AWG THHN PRICING

2. #4 AWG XHHW-2 Aluminum Building Wire

• Our most popular single conductor Aluminum building wire!

CLICK HERE TO VIEW #$ AWG XHHW-2 ALUMINUM BUILDING WIRE PRICING

2. #4 AWG Welding Cable

• Another popular #4 awg stranded copper wire is our #4 Awg Flexible Welding Cable which is different than THHN in that its a flexible rubber cord commonly used for temporary power, welding leads & battery cables.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW #4 AWG WELDING CABLE PRICING

3. #4 AWG Multi-Conductor SOOW Portable Cord & Type W Portable Power Cables

• If you are looking for prices on 4 awg multi-conductor cables we recommend looking at our SOOW Portable Cords 600v and our Type W Power Cables 2000v.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW 4 AWG SOOW PORTABLE CORD PRICING

CLICK HERE TO VIEW 4 AWG TYPE W PORTABLE POWER CORD PRICING

4. #4 AWG Multi-Conductor Tray Cable (THHN-PVC)

• If you are looking for a 4 awg multi-conductor meant for direct burial without a conduit than we recommend looking at our Tray Cable  (THHN-PVC)

CLICK HERE TO VIEW 4 AWG MULTI-CONDUCTOR TRAY CABLE 

5.  #4 AWG XLP-USE-2/RHH-RHW-2 Building Wire

If you are looking for a price on a #4 awg single conductor wire meant for direct burial w/o a conduit we recommend our #4 XLP/USE-2/RHH-RHW-2 Building Wire

CLICK HERE TO VIEW 4 XLP/USE-2/RHH-RHW-2 BUILDING WIRE PRICING 

If there are other  #4 awg wires you are seeking please visit WireAndCableYourWay.com where we list all the types of cables we supply.

Please call 855-880-8010 if you have any questions.

Thanks for stopping by!

Your Pal,
Willie

 www.WireAndCableYourWay.com

 

 

 

Our friend & customer up in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York sent us an incredible letter with a bunch of photos and descriptions of a wind turbine and solar panel set up outside his cabin.

I will post the letter shortly but first wanted to show his battery bank hooked up with #2 Welding Cable Class K he purchased from Wire & Cable To Go recently.

The battery bank has 6-110 amp hour AGM batteries (they do not off gas so are approved for use indoors). From the photo it looks like he is using UB121100 Universal Batteries.

The wind turbine being used is 46' in the air and produces 400 watts at 12 volts DC.

Welding Cables are VERY POPULAR cables for batteries banks that our customers purchase for their wind turbines and solar panels.

Please click here is you'd like to view our Welding Cable Category >>

As always, if you have please call 855-880-8010.

Thanks for stopping by!

Your Pal,
Willie

www.WireAndCableYourWay.com

 

Our good friend out in Wisconsin, Tom, sent in this picture of a recent sub amp installation he did for a client's car.

Tom purchased our 1/0 Welding Cable Class K and 1/0 Welding Cable Class M which allowed him to power up this 56 inch Digital Designs; S2b Amp (for Mids & Highs) which is  nestled under the seat.

Tom is as passionate as it comes when it comes to car audio installations and prefers using our welding cable whenever he has the opportunity.

Thanks for the photo, Tom!

Wire & Cable To Go offers two typs of Welding Cable - Class K & Class M.

Class K is our standard flexible welding cable offered in black in red. Class M is our ultra-flexible welding cable offered in an orange  durable jacket.

Please click here to learn more about all our Welding Cable in stock!

Thanks for stopping by!

Your pal,
Willie

www.WireAndCableYourWay.com

We really enjoy these pics that were sent over from our friend Michael in Southern California. Michael did a massive solar array installation on his home & decided to buy #2 THHN Copper Building Wire along with 4/0 welding cable for his battery cables.

He also created an entire blog about the process of buying & installing all parts for his solar project. Michael gave us a great recommendation which was fun to see and greatly appreciated !

Here is what Michael had to say:

"The wire run from the panels to the charge controllers is over 180 feet.  Sourcing the wire for this run took some time.  I initially was going to run 4 gauge wire.  The plans call for 4 gauge wire.  When I went back and rechecked my calculations, I realized the voltage drop would be almost 5%.  Not acceptable.  3 gauge wire would do it but I decided that I wasn’t going to take any chances and ordered 2 gauge wire.  When it comes to wire, I have found there is only one source,  Wire And Cable Your Way.  They have the best service, the best prices and they ship for free on orders over $1000 and they are FAST!  When I realized I needed to run a thicker wire. I called up Seth and he got on it.  He also called back to make sure I was taken care of."

We recommend you checking out his blog if you are interested in learning about the process of installing a solar panel for your home. It's very informative!

It was fun doing business with you, Michael!

BTW - if you are planning any electrical installation at home, we highly recommend you consult with a local electrician first.  They can advise you on current state electrical codes and which type of cables are suitable for the application.

Thanks for stopping by.

Your pal,
Willie

Many of our customer use our welding cables as battery cables.  Take a look at this vintage car our customer John is building!

The welding wire was used in the dark green car, the 1965 Coronet 500 Dodge.  Car was a factory 426 cu in engine, HD Torqueflite Auto, and State Police suspension, brakes, etc..  Engine now is 500 cu inches, TF is modified for higher performance, disc brakes, battery moved to trunk for better weight distribution, hence the weld wire, drag radial tires, and so forth and so…

Thank you to our customer Ralph who recently purchased our #6 AWG Welding Cable Class K in both black and red for a wind turbine project he is working on.  Here is what Ralph told us about his welding usage:

I'm using the wire I purchased for a couple wind turbine projects.  I'm attaching pictures of one project, the other will be installed at another location at a later date.  The #6 welding cable from the positive terminal of the alternator runs down inside the pipe mast.  The mast serves as the ground.  Both the negative and the positive wires exit or attach at base below ground level and then into a circuit breaker which is connected to a 12 volt battery bank.”