Re: [electricboats] Battery Cables?

Be careful with welding cable. It is made for flexibility and is very very fine wire strands with a large surface area that unless they are tinned will very quickly crumble to dust in a marine environment. I know this by experience. Also getting a good reliable crimp connection will be a problem.

Norman Petersen

-----Original Message-----
From: Myles Twete <matwete@comcast.net>
To: electricboats@groups.io
Sent: Fri, Nov 27, 2020 10:40 am
Subject: Re: [electricboats] Battery Cables?

If you must buy local, buy welding cable from a welding supply shop…much less expensive than West Marine.

 

From: electricboats@groups.io [mailto:electricboats@groups.io] On Behalf Of William Shannahan via groups.io
Sent: Friday, November 27, 2020 10:16 AM
To: electricboats@groups.io
Subject: [electricboats] Battery Cables?

 

So I have the 10kw kit and my batteries on the way. I was looking at West Marine for battery cable, I am unsure what gauge I should use. Also there was a wide price variance for what appear to be the same gauge cable. Is there a reason to pay 13 dollars a foot for Ancor cable?

 

Thanks,

Willie

 

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