Choosing the right guage of wire.

[Spanner59]

Hi, I'm wanting to put reversing lights on the back of the slurry tanker by just plugging them into the 3 pin socket. Just wondering what guage of wire I will need (obviously depending on lights and fuses etc) so I'm wondering if someone has a diagram to work out the correct guage, Cheers.

 

[Andrew]

Have you got the lights yet? You can work it out but your light supplier will probably advise you which cable to use.

If you want good quality lights I can recommend @Graham Smith

 

[Mursal]

Each strand = 0.3mm
0.3mm x 7 Strands = 3 and a half amps (3.5Amps)
0.3mm x 14 strands = 7Amps
0.3mm x 28 strands = 14Amps

As you can see the physical strength will be more important than its ability to run the lights.
Especially if you go for LEDS, 7Amps will be loads .................
So go for the 0.3mm x 14 but, might be very light down the side of the tank?
Consider the 0.3 x 28 just for durability and if you add more lights, its plenty big enough.

Twin core .........

 

[Spanner59]

Thanks to both of you lol be mounting them above the rear lights at the back so they shouldn’t dazzle the tank

 

[REStracTORATION]

I was about to say 17amp wire
But @Mursal summed it up spot on