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What guage wire??
I want to install my battery in the bow of my 16 foot skiff. The
battery will power the starter for a 25 horse electric start evinrude. The total cable length will be 18 feet, no breaks. What guage wire do I need to use, do I need to use something as big as a car like 4 guage, or can I use 8?? How many amps does a typical 25 horse starter draw? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Just Wait |
What guage wire??
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ups.com... I want to install my battery in the bow of my 16 foot skiff. The battery will power the starter for a 25 horse electric start evinrude. The total cable length will be 18 feet, no breaks. What guage wire do I need to use, do I need to use something as big as a car like 4 guage, or can I use 8?? How many amps does a typical 25 horse starter draw? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Just Wait The wire should always be thicker than the largest drill bit you have on hand to make the necessary holes, and all the stores are closed. It's inevitable. |
What guage wire??
On Sep 23, 11:27 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
wrote in message ups.com... I want to install my battery in the bow of my 16 foot skiff. The battery will power the starter for a 25 horse electric start evinrude. The total cable length will be 18 feet, no breaks. What guage wire do I need to use, do I need to use something as big as a car like 4 guage, or can I use 8?? How many amps does a typical 25 horse starter draw? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Just Wait The wire should always be thicker than the largest drill bit you have on hand to make the necessary holes, and all the stores are closed. It's inevitable. ;) That would be some pretty big frekin' wire. I am a tool guy. Anyways, I have some calculations here somewhere if someone can tell me what that starter should draw... somewhere... Hopefully one of you can just tell me what guage I should be using;) |
What guage wire??
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ups.com... On Sep 23, 11:27 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: wrote in message ups.com... I want to install my battery in the bow of my 16 foot skiff. The battery will power the starter for a 25 horse electric start evinrude. The total cable length will be 18 feet, no breaks. What guage wire do I need to use, do I need to use something as big as a car like 4 guage, or can I use 8?? How many amps does a typical 25 horse starter draw? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Just Wait The wire should always be thicker than the largest drill bit you have on hand to make the necessary holes, and all the stores are closed. It's inevitable. ;) That would be some pretty big frekin' wire. I am a tool guy. Anyways, I have some calculations here somewhere if someone can tell me what that starter should draw... somewhere... Hopefully one of you can just tell me what guage I should be using;) Tom should be along shortly, although he'll probably suggest using frozen quantum proton streams to move the power from bow to stern. |
What guage wire??
"Gene Kearns" wrote
Crimp the lugs (no solder) Whyzzat? |
What guage wire??
wrote in message ups.com... On Sep 23, 11:27 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: wrote in message ups.com... I want to install my battery in the bow of my 16 foot skiff. The battery will power the starter for a 25 horse electric start evinrude. The total cable length will be 18 feet, no breaks. What guage wire do I need to use, do I need to use something as big as a car like 4 guage, or can I use 8?? How many amps does a typical 25 horse starter draw? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Just Wait The wire should always be thicker than the largest drill bit you have on hand to make the necessary holes, and all the stores are closed. It's inevitable. ;) That would be some pretty big frekin' wire. I am a tool guy. Anyways, I have some calculations here somewhere if someone can tell me what that starter should draw... somewhere... Hopefully one of you can just tell me what guage I should be using;) Your buddy Tom should be able to tell you that. Somewhere he has my phamplets for the starter motor he installed on the Johnson 25 on my Princecraft. |
What guage wire??
On Sep 23, 11:31 am, "JimH" ask wrote:
wrote in message ups.com... I want to install my battery in the bow of my 16 foot skiff. The battery will power the starter for a 25 horse electric start evinrude. The total cable length will be 18 feet, no breaks. What guage wire do I need to use, do I need to use something as big as a car like 4 guage, or can I use 8?? How many amps does a typical 25 horse starter draw? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Just Wait Besides Gene's suggestion, this discussion may also be of some help:http://continuouswave.com/ubb/Forum6/HTML/000565.html 8 will probably do ok. but if you have access to 4 it would be better. the brush leads in the starter itself, if combined don't equal about 8 ga., so 8 will probably work, but 4 would work better. |
What guage wire??
On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:19:31 -0000,
wrote: I want to install my battery in the bow of my 16 foot skiff. The battery will power the starter for a 25 horse electric start evinrude. The total cable length will be 18 feet, no breaks. What guage wire do I need to use, do I need to use something as big as a car like 4 guage, or can I use 8?? How many amps does a typical 25 horse starter draw? Any help would be greatly appreciated. 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. Assuming you have a RV type battery, get 5/16 and 3/8 lugs - crimp on. Get some shrink tubing for the lugs. Get some acid free soldering flux. Optional - obtain a circuit breaker panel like this: http://tinyurl.com/2lnqz4 Run the wire, Install the shrink wrap, install the lugs, crimp them lightly, solder the lugs, shrink the shrink wrap, hook up the circuit breaker box (assuming you obtain one) and that's it. No need for #8 or #4 - you don't have anything heavy enough on that boat to require that. Just Wait For what? |
What guage wire??
On Sep 23, 2:11 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote: On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:19:31 -0000, wrote: I want to install my battery in the bow of my 16 foot skiff. The battery will power the starter for a 25 horse electric start evinrude. The total cable length will be 18 feet, no breaks. What guage wire do I need to use, do I need to use something as big as a car like 4 guage, or can I use 8?? How many amps does a typical 25 horse starter draw? Any help would be greatly appreciated. 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. Assuming you have a RV type battery, get 5/16 and 3/8 lugs - crimp on. Get some shrink tubing for the lugs. Get some acid free soldering flux. Optional - obtain a circuit breaker panel like this: http://tinyurl.com/2lnqz4 Run the wire, Install the shrink wrap, install the lugs, crimp them lightly, solder the lugs, shrink the shrink wrap, hook up the circuit breaker box (assuming you obtain one) and that's it. No need for #8 or #4 - you don't have anything heavy enough on that boat to require that. Just Wait For what? Even for #8 Tom, tis best to have and not nead, than to need and not have." \However to eat my own words, I think that going "marine" this, and "marine" that is a bit of over kill. I mean, I work around farm machinery that sits out in the weather for years, and will take much more of a beating than What that little skiff will ever see. And not meaning to be offensive to anyone, but going to a marina to get "marine grade" for this project is a bit overkill to the wallet instead of hardware store and automotive parts that will function fine with less pricing. Tom, if 8 g. is too big, then go 10g. it's good for about 70a. on 12v . After all, the least it will do while cranking the 25 horse (if having a hard to start spell). is slowly melt the insulation off.. ?: |
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