On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:40:37 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:51:35 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing penned the
following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:


Go to Abuchon's and get 20 feet of #10 zip wire. You don't need
anything larger than #10 - that starter doesn't require tons of amps.


Lamp cord...... rigghhhttt.......

Well, for starters, it's not lamp cord. It's used on farms for
repairs to tractors, milking machines and a ton of other uses where
the capacity is less than required for #8.

Secondly, it has heavy quage strands and is stiff as a board.

http://www.jscwire.com/jsc_partspage.taf?esid=43

It is a poor grade of wire which comes under the same standards as
lamp cord(UL 62).

It meets NONE of the boating requirements set forth under UL, ABYC,
NFPA, USCG, etc.

It is does not meet the requirements of UL 1426, it is not a tinned
conductor, it doesn't meet the required voltage rating, it isn't
colored the right colors for marine DC, it is not marked with
type/style, voltage, wire size or temperature rating, nor is it flame
retardant or moisture resistant I/A/W requirements of UL 83.

It is not the type of wire I would use on my boat and I would not
advise others to do so, either.

The smallest marine battery cable than I know of is #8..... suppose
they are trying to tell you something???? Ditto the packaged terminal
set....

Wrong again.

Ok, check this page out. It sets forth "Sal****er Primary Cable" as
apart from "Zip Parallel Lamp Cord Wire" and stops of at #8 for the
smallest "Battery and Starter Cable."
http://www.hi-line.com/wirecable-sal...imarycable/174


I can point you to a number of manufacturers, includin Grady White who
use #10 cable in zip cord format for easier wire runs.

That is simply ridiculous... and so demonstrably wrong.

The following boats are manufactured to ABYC standards..... and you
aren't going to find any (non-ABYC standard) "Zip Wire" in any of
them..... (unless it is either speaker wire or somebody other than the
manufacturer put it there).
http://www.discoverboating.com/buyin...ied/boats.aspx

What ever.