aardvark101
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| posted on 14/1/17 at 06:13 PM |
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Starter cable size required
Hi chaps can anyone tell me what diameter cable i would require to run from the battery at the rear
of the car to the starter.
Cable run would be 5m from Odyssey battery, to standard 2.0 Zetec
tia Paul
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Charlie_Zetec
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| posted on 14/1/17 at 07:08 PM |
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That's a fairly long run! At a rough calculated guess, I'd say 50mm should suffice. You could go to 60mm, but the lugs on the end
don't come in that size - only 50 or 70. If you buy decent cable it should be about £7-8 + VAT per metre, and be relatively flexible. But as a
precaution, I'd also get some split conduit for extra protection.
Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity!
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steve m
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| posted on 14/1/17 at 07:19 PM |
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5 meters is a very long run, even my mondeo estate would only be 3.5 meters at the most
Thats was probably spelt wrong, or had some grammer, that the "grammer police have to have a moan at
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gremlin1234
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| posted on 14/1/17 at 07:49 PM |
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for that length, you should run an explicit 'earth'/negative cable too
if I were buying cable for that I would consider
https://www.amazon.co.uk/1200amp-leads-booster-cables-long/dp/B009SDD9LM
at about £23
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aardvark101
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| posted on 15/1/17 at 01:04 PM |
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5m was being quite generous ,im sure i can smooth the path out as well.
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