Scott and All, When I first got into EV's, before buying a crimper, wire, and lugs, I went to a local diesel truck repair and parts business to get a couple of cables made. They make a lot of 2/0 cables for truck repairs, and even use MagnaLugs from QuickCable, which I recommend. BB -- Suck Amps, Dave "Battery Boy" Hawkins Check out our website! http://bbevs.com/ Like us on the Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/batteryboyevs
> Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 23:50:54 -0700 (PDT) > From: 85VWCabrioletEV > > <When I went searching the automotive stores for a battery cable, the > <cable was too undersized for EV needs (I will assume your cables are > <made using 00 gauge the same as mine were). The ones in the store were > <like 4 gauge. I bought a couple of the automotive clamps and bought four > <of the pre-made cables for the wiring. I bound four of the cables > <clamped down on each end of the automotive clamps I had bought. This > <arrangement was still half the amount of copper I really needed, but it > <worked, only I had to drive conservatively so the wires did not get too > <warm. > > <But that was a short term solution, until I could make a proper 00 gauge > <cable replacement. > > I ended up going to a NAPA auto parts in Brea, CA who were willing to > physically make me a 12" 00 gauge cable that was a bit expensive at 36 > bucks, but appears to fit nicely. > > The new battery cable did not solve my controller problem! m(_ _)m > i will investigate welding shops for future reference. > > Cheers, > Scott _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
