RLS7201 wrote:
cavie wrote:
landyacht318 wrote:
If one wants to use thicker cables than will fit in the cable receptacles, there are adapters available, or one can simply destrand at the connection until it fits. It's not going to cause any measurable voltage drop or excessive heating destranding a 0 gauge cable to 4 awg at the connection.
Never, Ever destrand a connection for any reason!!!:M
Why?
Richard
I don't think I'd de-strand to make a larger conductor fit. But there is quite a voltage drop with 6 and 8 gauge conductor. I was losing 1/2 volt of valuable charging availability using from my solar using 24-ish feet of 8 gauge. If I just installed and used the existing 8 gauge, I'd be losing better than a full volt. I don't plan on spending $250.00 on a converter and getting $150.00 worth of charging out of it. It wouldn't be that hard to run a couple #2 conductors(1 pos, 1 neg) and the cost would be around $100.00 plus lugs at the end where the converter goes. I'd reduce down to what ever the converter will receive at that point and go in. I'd be right at 14.1v at the batteries. I could live with that.
