[Healeys] long battery cable

[Bob Spidell]

If you're not concerned about originality, consider adel clamps (I 
guessed on your finger dia., they come in many sizes):

https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Clamp-Assortment-Kit-LOKMAN/dp/B01N3Q3RBL/ref=sxin_14_pa_sp_search_thematic_sspa?cv_ct_cx=adel%2Bclamps&keywords=adel%2Bclamps&pd_rd_i=B075WSPRW5&pd_rd_r=7372d3cf-bb70-4938-aaab-3830829f7e10&pd_rd_w=Soof4&pd_rd_wg=F08Fs&pf_rd_p=9dca4024-3e25-44da-8740-13759fcb9369&pf_rd_r=RN1WWDGY5S21FA1WTDZG&qid=1653001205&sr=1-2-a73d1c8c-2fd2-4f19-aa41-2df022bcb241-spons&th=1

On 5/19/2022 2:52 PM, i erbs wrote:
> 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.png
>         Ira Erbs
>         Milwaukie,OR
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