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Multi-conductor wire type for lights

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I'm installing strobes in my work truck. I need 16ga for the (+) and 10ga for the ground (-). I know I can ground them anywhere, but for minimum disassembly of the interior, I think it'd be easiest to just run the neg up to the controller and ground it up there. I've wire shopped online and there is a plethora of types of multi conductor wire, all with features that I don't comprehend... and don't want to pay for. I want four 16ga wires and one 10ga wire all in one package for ease of install. What terminology do I need to find regular, flexible (not solid, like speaker wire), electricity carrying copper wire? If multiple sizes isn't possible in one pack, I could get a 16/9 or 14/7 and have multiple grounds to get the capacity I need, but if that's the case I'll probably just get 16/4 and a separate ground.

This is what I'm looking for if my description is inadequate.
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I'm installing strobes in my work truck. I need 16ga for the (+) and 10ga for the ground (-). I know I can ground them anywhere, but for minimum disassembly of the interior, I think it'd be easiest to just run the neg up to the controller and ground it up there. I've wire shopped online and there is a plethora of types of multi conductor wire, all with features that I don't comprehend... and don't want to pay for. I want four 16ga wires and one 10ga wire all in one package for ease of install. What terminology do I need to find regular, flexible (not solid, like speaker wire), electricity carrying copper wire? If multiple sizes isn't possible in one pack, I could get a 16/9 or 14/7 and have multiple grounds to get the capacity I need, but if that's the case I'll probably just get 16/4 and a separate ground.

This is what I'm looking for if my description is inadequate.
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4 #16 & 1 #10 would be something custom, I would get convoluted tubing and just buy the wire off the spools at Home Depot or an auto supply store.
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The strobes are real Xenon strrobes or just very bright LEDs?
Maybe you buy a trailor lighting kit at wally world comes with 4 long stranded wire SAE rated, then just add your #10 fget a spool at the automotive or rv or tractor supply store..and the tubing and just junk the trailor lights on eBay
They're LED. A quick search for trailer wire yielded some very interesting results. Check out the first link I clicked. There's several multi-gauge multi-conductor wires.
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