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Re: Battery cables 4-0 seems like overkill
Last edited by Captain Ralph; 09-21-2022 at 09:47 AM.
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Re: Battery cables 4-0 seems like overkill
That’s corrosion not wear. And unless they were subject to salt submersion or spray if they were tinned cables it shouldn’t have happened. Krush has worked in heavy industry like I have it’s not uncommon to see wiring and electrical equipment that’s 40 50 years old and more still in use and safe. 90% of the time it’s the connection ends that fail. Even in that case you can strip back to clean copper and reuse. Q I have to say I’ve never seen cloth jacket on boat wiring. Maybe over the jacket as chafe protection.
Unless they’re chafed or rock hard and putting excessive load on the end terminals no reason they can’t be reused.
Ralph brags about what he used to do and maybe he was great but realize a lot of these mechanics like to spend your money and that’s how they make money."DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING YOU READ OR HEAR AND ONLY HALF OF WHAT YOU SEE" - BEN FRANKLIN
Endless Summer
1967 50c 12/71n DDA 525hp
ex Miss Betsy
owners:
Howard P. Miller 1967-1974
Richard F Hull 1974-1976
Robert J. & R.Scott Smith 1976-present
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09-21-2022 11:43 AM #23Senior Member
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Re: Battery cables 4-0 seems like overkill
Way too kind of words to describe me, lol. You know, I'm not young anymore either--approaching midlife crisis. Funny, I joined this form in my early 20's and than began on the world's longest hatteras search...how time flies.
I've seen plenty of cable on vessels and plants that is older than you and me combined. Maybe you need to go tell these guys any original wiring that is left needs to be replaced? https://www.ssjohnwbrown.org/FTFD... i drive a slow 1968 41c381
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Re: Battery cables 4-0 seems like overkill
Besides the obvious silliness of comparing a small boat with a Liberty Ship, you are ASSuming that the wiring is original….
Along the same lines, you can’t compare an industrial environment with a small boat. Apples and oranges. The corrosion factor in the ER of a boat is 100 times worst than a factory or power plant. Not even close. Plus the corrosion factor from the batteries gassing….
An additional problem is that for years Hatteras used untinned wire. Again that’s fine in an industrial environment but not marine. And to make things worst, the ends were not heat shrunk and are even more succeptible to corrosion.
Having redone all the DC and AC wiring on my 52 year old Hatt, I can tell you that the 70s Hatteras wiring left a lot to be desired. Call it wear… call it tear… call it corrosion… whatever word you use, replacing high draw wiring like the starter wires is a good ideaPascal
Miami, FL
1970 53 MY #325 Cummins 6CTAs
2014 26' gaff rigged sloop
2007 Sandbarhopper 13
12' Westphal Cat boat
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09-21-2022 03:54 PM #25Senior Member
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Re: Battery cables 4-0 seems like overkill
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09-21-2022 04:31 PM #26Senior Member
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Re: Battery cables 4-0 seems like overkill
Working in Ortega, with a West Marine store in walking distance of many docks, the area folk knew what stuff cost. In reselling items from jobber cost, we knew not to sell over what that store charged. So, lots of our hardware did not make us much money.
Our following kind of knew this after a while and may have appreciated it.
W had some dead beat non payments, never a complaint of what/how we estimated & charged.
When we stocked cable, it would move quickly or sit and collect dust. The dust collectors we saved for our self when we closed the shop.
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09-21-2022 08:47 PM #28
Re: Battery cables 4-0 seems like overkill
all i know is that my 50 year old battery cables are in good shape. shame they are all black and not fancy red and yellow.BUT i do know how to tell hot from ground
Mis b' havin
1972 58 yachtfish
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pass christian, ms.
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Re: Battery cables 4-0 seems like overkill
I think that the problems with mine were mostly the lugs on the ends and the sub standard terminal clamps on the battery posts. I stripped all of the cover off to take to the metal recycler and there was green about two inches back from the ends. The rest looked good but was very stiff, the red and yellow just spiffs up the look of the engine room and we all like that.
Walt Hoover
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Re: Battery cables 4-0 seems like overkill
Last edited by rsmith; 09-22-2022 at 07:47 AM.
"DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING YOU READ OR HEAR AND ONLY HALF OF WHAT YOU SEE" - BEN FRANKLIN
Endless Summer
1967 50c 12/71n DDA 525hp
ex Miss Betsy
owners:
Howard P. Miller 1967-1974
Richard F Hull 1974-1976
Robert J. & R.Scott Smith 1976-present