[Alberg30] battery cables

[Dave Terrell]

Based on material on the list-serve, I put in # 4 battery cables when I rewired this spring and the A4 engine starts fine with them.

>>> jay at saildriver.com 05/28/02 04:09PM >>>
Hi Mike,
if you and Georege are both using #4, it should be OK
for me too, especially as I don't have a diesel to
start.
I hope to see you and the rest of the "family" on the
water this season.
Jay
--- Mike Lehman <sail_505 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Jay,
> 
> I think I am using AWG4 too. A lot has to do with
> the length. West Marine in 
> Annapolis had some good advice when I replaced mine.
> I am using two 
> batteries and jump the neg from one battery to the
> next...probably should 
> change that, but no trouble in 20+ years
> 
> 
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: George Dinwiddie <gdinwiddie at min.net>
> Reply-To: public-list at alberg30.org 
> To: public-list at alberg30.org 
> Subject: Re: [Alberg30] battery cables
> Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 15:18:52 -0400 (EDT)
> 
> Jay,
> 
> I'm pretty sure my cables are AWG 4.  It seems to me
> I used to use
> AWG 2, and the only difference was the difficulty
> passing them up
> from the batteries to the engine compartment.  I use
> two separate
> negative cables.
> 
> If the engine starts easily, why are you replacing
> the cables?
> 
>   - George
> 
>  > Jay Davenport said:
>  >
>  > I am replacing the battery cables on Revolution,
> A30
>  > #526, which is Atomic 4 powered. The engine
> normally
>  > starts quickly and easily, but I'm not sure that
> the
>  > existing cables are the correct capacity. What is
> the
>  > recommendation of A30 Captains with Atomic 4
> engines
>  > as to the correct wire gauge for the 2 Positive
>  > battery cables and the Negative battery cable?
> 
> --
>  
>
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