Home made Jumper cable question
The clamps on my old jumper cables were shot so I ordered new ones. When the new clamps arrived I cut off old ones and was disappointed to see the wire in my old cables were so small. My old wires we...
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MrWizard wrote:
I once jumped started a car using a tow chain wrapped tight around the bumpers (his and mine) way back when cars had frame mounted steel bumpers
And one length of 10 guage wire
Because that was all that was available
But it's not what i would recommend
Forget 12ga
And forget alu unless it's 'one aught'
Get some good 2ga Copper for long cables
Or 4?6ga for normal lengthy cables
Ya, who needs jumper cables anyways? Connect bumper to bumper and dig out bumper jack and jack handle from trunk and make connection positive to positive. Man those were the days.
I came across my old timing light couple weekends ago. I remember paying extra because it also had point dwell thing on it. I still couldn't throw it away. It's a Montgomery wards brand.
Now I'm trying to find out what a "Canbus" is? Times sure have changed.
