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Originally Posted by ShrimpBurrito
What is the advantage to using a grounding braid vs. a wire? They are similarly priced, and the braid is not protected at all from corrosion.
Dave
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Most importantly, the braid is usually a much larger cross sectional area which provides a much lower resistance, so therefore a much better ground (so very little to no voltage drop across the braid.)
To get a comparable cross section with wire, you would use such a large guage that it would be stiffer and not hold up to the flex needed in this application.
Normally corrosion is an issue at connection points (lugs, screw heads, etc) not along the conductor.