Re: need to make up a battery cable

Posted by Wayne on January 24, 2004 at 19:29:25 from (152.163.253.66):

In Reply to: need to make up a battery cable posted by mudstuck on January 24, 2004 at 15:01:56:

Hey Mudstuck, I make up cables all the time on heavy equipment. If it was the size of your thumb, I'd say it was at least a 0 or 00 since a #4 isn't but about 5/16"+or- in diameter. Some of the machines I make cables for run two 8D batteries, and that's alot more cranking amps than your machine will ever see. Like most of the posts say, a good quality welding cable is gonna be your best bet as far as flexibility,price, etc go. Like Jason said, you do need a heavy duty style cable that's gonna be gas and oil resistant, otherwise the coating will bubble up and get soft, and start disentegrating as soon as it gets something on it. We use it all the time and have never had any problems. The main difference is a welding cable will have say 1000 small strands where a comparable guage battery cable will have say 500 larger strands. If you do decide to solder the lugs on the ends, definately use silver solder as regular lead solder will melt out if you get too much juice flowing through it and it gets hot. Another thing we always do that makes for a nice job is to put a piece of heavy heat shrink on the cable before you solder the lug on. After you get it soldered on slide the shrink over the joint to where it just touches where the lug steps down to the flat and shrink it. This not only makes it look professional, it also limits the amount of bare conductor to just the minimum needed for the connection. Just my .02

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