[Healeys] long battery cable

[i erbs]

Thanks
So bigger p clips it will be :)

On Thu, May 19, 2022, 2:51 PM Michael Oritt <michael.oritt at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ira--
>
> Not by a longshot.  Marine cable is thicker in OD than most battery or
> welding cable gauge for gauge as the jacketting is heavier and the strands
> themselves are heavier as well: the strands are tinned and there are less
> of them but they are of larger OD, making for a somewhat increased diameter
> for the wire bundle even before the heavier jacketing.  I have marine
> battery cables and wire on my car.
>
> Best--Michael Oritt
>
>
> On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 5:42 PM i erbs via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
> wrote:
>
>> so I decided to replace my long battery cable. I bought what was
>> purported to be 4 gauge wire, but it looked kinda thin, so I decided to buy
>> some marine grade cable with the starter end crimped. It came as a much
>> bigger cable about the size of my thumb in diameter.  I was planning to
>> replace all of the p clips with coated ones as it rubbed the insulation
>> off. So am I out $100 on a too thick cable?
>> [image: image.png]
>> Ira Erbs
>> Milwaukie,OR
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