hi, I'm really close to having my battery box's interior sorted out - where I'll position everything, etc. One thing that's hanging me up is the stiffness of the thick battery cable I was going to run to the starter solenoid. I know the wire from solenoid to starter motor is thick - I'm still using the original one for now.
But does the cable/wire from battery positive to solenoid really need to be that thick, too?
The other wire I'll have coming off batt. positive is one you buy at the auto parts store that has an inline fuse (20 amp) in it. So, while it is a thick wire, it's nowhere near as thick as the ground cable or the sol to starter cable.
Can I use a wire of that thickness (like thickness of main fuse power wire) from batt to solenoid? or does that wire need to be super thick like ground wire and sol to starter cable?
the reason I want thinner is because it will bend more easily inside the batt. box and not create the extra tension on the battery terminal like a real heavy curled cable would.
Am almost tempted to just create a perfectly bent solid copper jumper for that connection out of some copper flat stock I have. (.064) And then put shrink tubing over it.
thx!
Em
But does the cable/wire from battery positive to solenoid really need to be that thick, too?
The other wire I'll have coming off batt. positive is one you buy at the auto parts store that has an inline fuse (20 amp) in it. So, while it is a thick wire, it's nowhere near as thick as the ground cable or the sol to starter cable.
Can I use a wire of that thickness (like thickness of main fuse power wire) from batt to solenoid? or does that wire need to be super thick like ground wire and sol to starter cable?
the reason I want thinner is because it will bend more easily inside the batt. box and not create the extra tension on the battery terminal like a real heavy curled cable would.
Am almost tempted to just create a perfectly bent solid copper jumper for that connection out of some copper flat stock I have. (.064) And then put shrink tubing over it.
thx!
Em