wire size, 4 6v batteries in series
Hi folks. In anticipation of some boondocking this fall, i'm upgrading my battery bank from 2 6v to 4 6v in series. I have a Monaco Monarch on the ford chassis, and have room for the additional two ...
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donn0128 wrote:
Go to a welding store, buy sufficient length of welding cable and then at a decent electrical supply house and buy some solder lugs in the right size. At home cut the cables to length and using a propane torch solder lugs to cable. Now, you have battery cables big enough for any situation.
Only issue is the lugs and the battery bolt connections. By the time you stack the charger lugs, battery lugs, etc. you don't have threads left to tighten a nut down. Ask me how I know. Parts store didn't have 2/0 cable and made me a 3/0 cable instead. Lug was too thick compared to the 2/0 lugs.
OP may not have the same issue I had though.
