[Healeys] long battery cable

[i erbs]

that's what I plan to use. thanks
Ira Erbs
Milwaukie,OR
      _______                                  _______
     (______ \____1959 BN4____/ _______)
         (_________________________)
          BT7 engine and disk brakes


1967 MGB  [image: MG]

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Please excuse random auto corrects and misspelled words


On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 4:10 PM Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:

> 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
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> 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: image.png]
>>> Ira Erbs
>>> Milwaukie,OR
>>>       _______                                  _______
>>>      (______ \____1959 BN4____/ _______)
>>>          (_________________________)
>>>           BT7 engine and disk brakes
>>>
>>>
>>> 1967 MGB  [image: MG]
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>>> Please excuse random auto corrects and misspelled words
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