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== PREAMBLE ==

This article is a comprehensive guide for Automotive Wiring and will take you through all aspects of the parts, equipment and the knowledge required to wire and run all accessories in modern automobiles. Yes! Tomorrow, there will be a test.

1. '''WIRE'''

[[File:Roll_of_wire.jpg]]

[[TYPES OF WIRE]]

COPPER

ALUMINUM


[[STRANDING]]

The importance of wire stranding is paramount when it comes to the maximum load bearing a wire can carry over a given distance (line loss). The more strands in a gauge of wiring the better it can carry the load without overheating and failing. Compare a lower grade of wire made of 19 strands of individual 21 gauge of wire wound to form a 8 gauge wire. Compare it to the wire shown below, made up of 133 strands of 29 gauge wires to form the same 8 gauge wire.

[[File:Strand_comparison.jpg]]

[[COVERING]]

[[RATINGS]]


2. '''APPARATUS'''


[[BATTERY]]

[[ALTERNATOR / GENERATORS]]

[[STARTERS]]

[[CONNECTORS]]

[[FUSES / BREAKERS]]

[[SWITCHES / RELAYS / SOCKETS]]

[[FUSE PANELS]]

[[MOUNTS / ISOLATORS]]


3. '''CIRCUITS'''


4. '''GROUNDING'''