Roger,
You'd make it easier for us, and yourself, if you could identify those
cables with a gauge # and class, rather than a diameter. Wire insulation
varies dramatically with its class, allowing a range of conductor size
within a specific measurement. For instance, XLP (insulation designation)
may be as much as .02-.05in larger than THHN.
Please don't take my post as criticism; I'm merely suggesting an alternative
to wire descriptions by diameter.


Roger Long" wrote in message
...
That's an excellent point. Exactly the kind of insight that prompted
my post.

The cables in this case are about half an inch in diameter and three
feet long. With just 10 amps of charging current per group 24 battery
I agree that it won't be a problem. I cleaned up the battery
connections bright and shiny when I put the batteries in and I'll do
the other connections when I install the charger.

--

Roger Long


"engsol" wrote in message
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On Sat, 07 May 2005 11:00:11 GMT, "Roger Long"
wrote:

Roger, the only concern I'd have is that chargers rely on knowing
the "real" battery voltage. If you have load on the batteries while
they
are being charged, the extra voltage drop due to "remote"
sensing might not be to your abvantage. Having said that, I suspect
that with clean terminals and big cables the problem would be
minimal.
Norm B