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battery cable
bigfoot4616 - 31/3/09 at 09:10 PM

anyone any idea what size cable i should get for the battery connections on a BEC

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jambo - 31/3/09 at 09:56 PM

think its 6mm.
check out vehicle wiring products.
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bigfoot4616 - 31/3/09 at 10:43 PM

yes, i've used them a few times.

there smallest size is 7.5mm OD so i think i will just go for that. its 16mm2 and rated to 110amps


Land Locked - 1/4/09 at 05:57 AM

The important thing is the length of the wire. 12 Volt DC suffers from voltage drop on thinner cables over longer distances.
So the 16mm square is a good choice for a short run, if the run is longer go thicker.


dhutch - 1/4/09 at 11:50 AM

My cvh is on 16mm^2. Although the round trip lenght is all of about 1m.


Daniel


bigfoot4616 - 1/4/09 at 05:54 PM

cable length will be less than 1m so looks like the 16mm2 will do

cheers