Re: battery cables and connectors

[Bob Horvath <bob_judy_horvath@yahoo.com>]

An inexpensive solution for cables was pointed out on
this EV list some weeks back:  E&G Terminal in
Colorado (303 287-2900) has 8" cables (for automotive
posts, p/n 382-208) for under $4.  The fine copper
strand is cast right into the lead lug.  One
disadvantage is that cast lead lugs tend to eventually
crack when repeatedly re-tightened.

Are the posts hot as well?  If so, have you been
tightening loose connections regularly?  Lead will
creep in time, and connections get loose, resistance
increases, and they then get hot.

<<mr fixit <mrfixit002000@yahoo.com> wrote>>

Hello Mr. Aronoff,

You might consider 2/0 welding cable and soldered or
silver soldred clamps.  I fitted 2/0 fine strand
welding cable and crimped-and-silver-soldered
home-made copper lugs to my system, and only the
controller overheated (I think I recently got that
fixed).  Soldering eliminates the chance of corrosion
that comes with crimped on ends, and cut your total
metal-to-metal connections (chances for resistanc) in
half.

            Thanks,    
                  mrfixit

--- Nick Aronoff <naronoff@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi!
> Several of the battery cables on my truck are
> getting pretty hot, so I think 
> they need to be replaced. The old cables are 2/0
> welding cable with 
>