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09-14-2012, 11:17 PM
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Location: Brigham City Utah
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battery cable length
I am thinking of moving the battery in my 1950 truck out of the cab to right behind the cab. Mounting it is easy. My question is how big of cable will I need to increase the length from the battery to the starter? I need to go from 3 1/2 feet to about 6 feet.
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09-15-2012, 01:40 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: shingle springs, calif
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Re: battery cable length
#1 ga. would be fine for 6', 1/0 would be better but don't think you would need anything that big...
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09-15-2012, 08:46 PM
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Re: battery cable length
what voltage?
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09-15-2012, 11:28 PM
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Re: battery cable length
12 volts. It sounds like 1 or 0 would be fine. I'll let you guys know if I decide to move the battery and how I do it.
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09-15-2012, 11:29 PM
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Re: battery cable length
2 would probably be fine
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09-16-2012, 01:21 PM
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Location: Toppenish, WA
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Re: battery cable length
I'm planning the same thing. In the past I had the battery in the trunk of one car and used welding cable for the battery cable.
I see that O'Reilly's has bulk 2-0 battery cable for abut 7 bucks a foot though. |
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09-17-2012, 02:20 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: shingle springs, calif
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Re: battery cable length
Just bought 15 feet from the auto supply store here in town (not a chain store) #1 for $3.50 a foot...
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