Ancor Green 8 AWG Tinned Copper Wire 50-Foot

The Ancor Green 8 AWG Tinned Copper Wire is a 50-foot length of single conductor for grounding and bonding circuits.

Eight gauge green suits bonding branches: the runs from a main bonding conductor out to individual thru-hulls, struts and fittings. The main run is typically 6 gauge and the branches step down from it, so a boat needs both sizes rather than one throughout.

Fifty feet covers a set of those branches on a moderate boat, since each individual run is short. Bonding is a corrosion control system rather than an electrical circuit, tying underwater metals to a common potential and to the anodes.

Tinned copper matters more on a bonding conductor than almost anywhere, since it lives in the bilge and spends its life damp. Ultra-flexible Type 3 construction routes through machinery spaces, panels and confined compartments while withstanding vibration and repeated flexing. Explore more marine wire.

• 8 gauge for bonding branches, 6 for the main run
• A boat needs both sizes, not one throughout
• 50 feet covers a set of short branches
• Bonding controls corrosion, it is not a circuit