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this is for automotive. actual question at bottom

i am planning some overhead offroad lights for work lights. the light setup would be 9 halogen 55w farmer lights forward facing (with the plan to add a second row of 9 led forward facing when i can afford the 125 apiece from larsen) plus 10 (4L 4R 2 rear facing) led on a halo (they are 2 rows of 3 so 6 diodes total? in a flood pattern).

now i have the 9 halogens and the 10 leds. the max amps i would be putting out if i had them all on at one time would be 62 amps (36 amps for the halogens and 27 for the leds. this formula was figured using a watt to amp calculator at 495 watts on a 12v system plus the instructions on the leds say 2.7 per pod).

the distance from the battery to the lights is about 8 foot give or take a few inches

i have all the necessary accessory equipment, lugs, terminals, circuit breakers, relays, 10 slot fuse boxes, 4 slot fuse boxes, anti ox compound, weather proofing boxes, everything.

i want the lights to think the battery is on the roof right next to the lights.

the question: i have about 20 foot of 4/0 aluminum service wire (the bundle with grey wrap where its 3 wires of covered 4/0 and 1 wire of uncovered 2/0, so 60 foot total of useable wire) and i have 80 feet of 4 gauge copper thhn wire. the 4/0 would be ideal because it would have a .07 volt drop where the 4 gauge would drop about .25.

i know its overkill but what would be better.
 

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