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Breaker Panel Mess
Are these cables tinned?
"Larry" wrote in message ... Marc wrote in news:icn1p154hlstmjnpe0pl1io0mrr3lrlmhe@ 4ax.com: 10ga. wire from the buss to the panel. Any downside to that? 10 ga is good for about 20 amps. Let's not have the lights dim every time you turn on something else, or the bilge pump comes on, ****ing off the wife. Let's just go whole hog and put in a heavy #4 or #2 ground bus to battery post cable so it won't drop any voltage just because someone switches on a fan. Shhh....don't tell anyone. Lionheart's ground uses a #0 finely stranded primary wire used by those boombox boys pulling a thousand amps in their huge car stereos. The wiring used for these custom car stereo installations is the finest heavy cable and is VERY flexible, not stiff like the cheap battery cable crap from a marine store you can hardly bend with 2 hands. The lights only dim a little when the windlass is under a strain...(c; Another great cable to use for these very heavy cables is WELDING CABLES available from welding supply places. It isn't as "pretty" as car stereo cable, but is rugged enough to withstand constant commercial use in welding for years and years. I just happen to have a stash of car stereo cable pieces when I need them, or I'd be using finely stranded, flexible welding cable, myself. |
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