2core automotive V 2core flex

[jc69817]

Thanks for all the replies guys .I think I've decided I'm gonna buy the automotive stuff .Seems like the best idea.

 

[SimonH2]

I will just add that it is not entirely current rating which needs to be considered, but voltage drop too.

Indeed, and I've come across more than one situation where it's had an effect.
The most recent was a colleague at work fitting an electric fridge (compressor type) into a camper van. He'd needed to extend the cables provided with the fridge, and found that it tripped out when starting due to the volt drop making the fridge detect a low battery condition when there wasn't - the manual did warn of this. I'd have suggested replacing the whole run with a larger size, but he'd already bought a short length of much larger cable as the extension piece.

 

[SUNRAY]

I'd not trust unsheathed "fixed wiring" cable, no matter how multi-stranded and flexible, in an automotive environment because of the thickness of the insulation. Or rather the thinness of it.

It seems you have not looked at the size of vehicle wiring in recent times.

 

[mattylad]

If you looked at the wiring in a Skoda Fabia you would see that it is entirely unsuitable for it's application.
Too stiff, breaks too easy (very common fault in the door looms).

I wonder how many DIY applications of PVC cable are out there working perfectly? must be loads.

To run some lights (assuming LED) then 1mm flex is very likely going to work fine.
Naysayser!

 

[ban-all-sheds]

It seems you have not looked at the size of vehicle wiring in recent times.

That's very true.

In my defence I have a German car, and I'm pretty sure they tell me I am forbidden to look at the wiring.