Proper gauge for battery cables

Sorry Pete ~ I've jumped to the engine wiring harness.   My last step before I can fire the engine.   Cleaning up the mess from the previous owners ~ I have few broken terminals / multiple sections of red tape / black tape. Burnt off Positive harness lead with an automotive 6-gauge lead twisted and taped in place. Burnt ground wire to alternator (Along alt harness) wire has been clipped and another wire run along side.

My orignal harness is useable but it has seen better days. I'm working to salvage it and clean things up tonight and install it tomorrow. I'm getting VERY close to hearing it run.




I'm shopping for good crimp connectors now. Local retail outlets just have the common stuff.

Looks like a good portion of my OE harness is suffering from non tinned Marine wire. Stripping the insulation back is exposing brown ugly wire.


Anyone know if the PCM replacment harnesses at SkiDim use marine wire???

What are your thoughts on the 3m liquid electrical tape.



A friend recomended it to me.







I bought a new set of long handle Channel lock crimpers, still trying to decide between crimping and soildering. All of my harness ring connectors look (not original) and a few are loose / poorly done. They are all crimped. But Harness functioned OK with old busted block.

Thanks for keeping me straight, I see I have alot to learn.

I never knew their was such a thing as marine grade wire.

Maybe I can sell my wire and buy the right stuff.

I feel like a kid learing to work on stuff all over again. Guess I need to do more reading and less writing.


Edit: Just went in and read a good bit on the differnces between the two. Now I understand why somtimes I find the ugly black colored copper wire on trailer lights. I never thought about wire filiment wicking moisture like cotton fibers and moisture + oxygen = corrosion.      

I'm a cheap SOB ~ but thought I'd share.

Most of my $$$ is going to CPES and my underwater gear refresh for getting my boat back on the water.     

So when it came time for new cables I pulled my 2/0(00)cable from a wrecked late modle rear engine passenger bus at the local U-wrench it. (2) 15' legnths for less then $10.

My current cable was #2 and the insulation on the starter end was melted & ugly + the wire was overheated /weathered / coroded.

My starter / alternator shop will put NEW ends on my like new / used cables and make these raw cables look like new.

Okie Boarder wrote: http://shop.genuinedealz.com/

I Like that site! Nice.

So why are you guys running 2/0(00) cable? My '93 SN only has #2.

And the 2/0 is almost 3 times as expensive as the #2.

Bammer

There are two places that I have ordered from. I completely re-ran every inch of wire in my boat. Between these two places I found everything I needed for a good price and it is great quality.

delcity.net
tinnedmarinewire.com

I would try calling as Karen is still working on the website, but if not you can find some at West Marine.

You could help those who help the site by ordering them from mycorrectcraftparts.com

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