noser23x
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Post by noser23x on Jan 26, 2016 21:59:47 GMT -5
Well I mean crimped battery cables are definitely badass.
Thats a joke. Crimps should be used in a pinch. Solder for permanent.
Now a question im somewhat curious about, for batteries anyone use side post? I know that a properly tightened top post shouldnt come off, I just wonder if a side post would be better.
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Post by wreckage on Jan 27, 2016 0:05:51 GMT -5
I use 3/8 stud terminal style battery works great.
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Post by T-Brell on Feb 1, 2016 8:49:24 GMT -5
If solder is what's desired, then that's the direction I'll go in. OK, I will take the bait. What is so special/different/badass about yours? In the field I work in, I deal with wiring and cables on a daily basis. So, I would just make them look done professionally. No BIG super secrets, they will just be very convenient to builders and be of top quality. I'm still researching some things on this.
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Post by derbydude on Feb 1, 2016 13:40:27 GMT -5
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Post by 383 Sonoma on Feb 1, 2016 15:11:00 GMT -5
Well I mean crimped battery cables are definitely badass. Thats a joke. Crimps should be used in a pinch. Solder for permanent. Now a question im somewhat curious about, for batteries anyone use side post? I know that a properly tightened top post shouldnt come off, I just wonder if a side post would be better. Yep I've used side post for the last 3 years ever since my passenger kicked the terminal off on my top post and the car wouldn't start while we were getting shoved across the track and up on the tires..... And it was a brass terminal that was tightened down and had a floor mat on top of it.
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Post by crusher71 on Feb 1, 2016 16:36:47 GMT -5
SOLDERINGTHEM CREATES 2 ISSUES..... YOU CAN MAKE THE JOINT WHERE IS SOLDERED BRITTLE AND IT WILL BREAK FROM FLEXING, AND IF YOU ONLY SOLDER THE END WHEN YOU ARE CRANKING IT FOREVER TO START IT YOU CAN MELT THE SOLDER OUT AND SUDDENLY HAVE NO JUICE... SEEN IT....
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Post by redneckracing12 on Feb 1, 2016 17:18:44 GMT -5
AND IF YOU ONLY SOLDER THE END WHEN YOU ARE CRANKING IT FOREVER TO START IT YOU CAN MELT THE SOLDER OUT AND SUDDENLY HAVE NO JUICE... SEEN IT.... Yep happened to me before, no fun at all.
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Post by T-Brell on Feb 1, 2016 19:05:52 GMT -5
I had orginallly planned on using a Greenlee hexagonal crimper for 2/0 cable and lugs, so they would be crimped correctly. I could crimp and somder, but I don't think doing both is proper, I'd have to research that some more.
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Post by STROMI 121 on Feb 1, 2016 20:53:33 GMT -5
If crimping is good and solder is good then why wouldn't both be better? I don't know, that's a question.
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Post by klicky96 on Feb 1, 2016 20:59:50 GMT -5
Old timer taught me how to use lead once. He froze the terminals (stay with me here, it gets better), then, after heating the lead up with a burner, he filled the frozen terminal with hot lead and shoved the cable in. Surprisingly enough, it didn't melt or bust/crack the terminal. He let it cool, then took a punch, and drove a crimp in the center. Honestly, this definitely isn't how I do it with mine, but I thought it was pretty cool, and this thread kinda made me think of it.
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Post by noser23x on Feb 1, 2016 23:30:27 GMT -5
Well I mean crimped battery cables are definitely badass. Thats a joke. Crimps should be used in a pinch. Solder for permanent. Now a question im somewhat curious about, for batteries anyone use side post? I know that a properly tightened top post shouldnt come off, I just wonder if a side post would be better. Yep I've used side post for the last 3 years ever since my passenger kicked the terminal off on my top post and the car wouldn't start while we were getting shoved across the track and up on the tires..... And it was a brass terminal that was tightened down and had a floor mat on top of it. Good to know, stuff happens, just seems like the slimmer profile would work better in some instances and having threads instead of a clamping force would be beneficial.
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Post by coachwagner on Feb 3, 2016 5:56:07 GMT -5
I made mine out of the leads that go to a 220 arc welder.
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Post by T-Brell on Feb 3, 2016 8:36:59 GMT -5
Battery cable and welding cable is ALMOST the same thing. Theres a good chance I'd make them out of 2/0 welding cable. Thoughts?
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Post by lincoln on Feb 3, 2016 11:37:51 GMT -5
That's what I've always used.
Also when my farm store didn't have anything, bought a bigger set of jumper cables and separated them. Cut off the clamps, put on my ends and went.
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Post by coachwagner on Feb 3, 2016 11:44:27 GMT -5
My jumper cables are 220 leads also.
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