6 guage booster cables to upgrade the wiring on my portable air compressor.Does anyone know if this will work,?

 

Why do you think the wiring needs to be "upgraded"?

 

Because wires get very warm. it also looks under gauged.The specs 50amp,12v,530watts on my compressor suggest a 6 guage wire.And it is not that thick , bare minimum I would say is eight gauge at the most.

 

Well, the heavier gauge wire won't hurt anything.

530 watts @ 14 volts (typical running voltage) = ~38 amps. 8 ga just barely covers that assuming copper. Aluminum, not even close.

 

Give and take.
Wires get very warm because compressor is being asked to do more than it was designed for. Increasing wire size will make wires cooler but motor will carry the heat, making the motor's life shorter.
Good luck.

 

I didn’t hear that. I heard if wires are very warm then the wire is not thick enough?

 

The compressor is rated at over 500 watts power consumption. A substantial portion of that is going to end up as waste heat anyway.

Wires get warm because they cannot fully dissipate the heat generated by the current passing through them. The important thing is that they do not get "too hot" and cause a failure, either of themselves or their insulation.

 

Wires are designed for what the air compressor is designed for.

Inflate a tire.
Short duty not continuous duty.

If the wire is getting hot, stop and let everything cool.
Change the way you operate it not the wire.

 

I’m not a fan of hot wires cause they lead to fire.I’d rather be safe then sorry.Wires are not meant to be hot.

 

Correct. The heat is generated by the resistance in the wire. Increasing the wire's cross-section (lower gauge) will reduce its resistance, but increase its weight, rigidity, cost, & bulk (which is why everything on the truck is NOT wired with battery cable). Thicker wire doesn't simply dissipate the heat - the heat is never produced because the resistance is lower. And even though the motor may run faster, that does NOT mean it will necessarily get hotter or wear out faster. An inductive load is more-efficient at higher voltage, and a motor is more-efficient at higher RPM. So it may run slightly cooler.