Jumper for Batterys in Series

Old-Biscuit wrote:


Make sure you 'soundly' trash your friend for his obvious lack/care of his batteries.


:B

Oh yes I will,they were cleaned 2 months ago and it came back. I think something is leaking....

IAMICHABOD wrote:

SoundGuy wrote:

IAMICHABOD wrote:
The corrosion is the least of my worries,the batteries are going to be replaced.

No wonder, considering the obvious lack of maintenance. Perhaps the next set won't be so unfortunate. :W

8 years it was time:p

Make sure you 'soundly' trash your friend for his obvious lack/care of his batteries.


:B

Actually, I believe you'll find that because the red jumper is so much shorter than the wires going to the converter/load, it can stand to be smaller in diameter. This effect is why extension cords need to be bigger as they get longer.

SoundGuy wrote:

IAMICHABOD wrote:
The corrosion is the least of my worries,the batteries are going to be replaced.

No wonder, considering the obvious lack of maintenance. Perhaps the next set won't be so unfortunate. :W

8 years it was time:p

IAMICHABOD wrote:
The corrosion is the least of my worries,the batteries are going to be replaced.

No wonder, considering the obvious lack of maintenance. Perhaps the next set won't be so unfortunate. :W

SoundGuy wrote:


And you didn't notice all that battery terminal corrosion? I'd be more concerned about the obvious lack of maintenance than the size of that cable.

The corrosion is the least of my worries,the batteries are going to be replaced.

time2roll wrote:
Depends on the load but in best practice yes the jumper should have the ampacity of the largest circuit as a minimum.

http://www.genuinedealz.com/custom-cables

Thank you that is what I wanted to know. I will replace it.

Depends on the load but in best practice yes the jumper should have the ampacity of the largest circuit as a minimum.

http://www.genuinedealz.com/custom-cables

IAMICHABOD wrote:
While helping a friend I noticed this,the jumper between the 2 batteries is much smaller than the ones for neg. and positive.

And you didn't notice all that battery terminal corrosion? I'd be more concerned about the obvious lack of maintenance than the size of that cable.

Yes all should be the same size. Course if you're just running a few lights it will br fine. I'd clean the connections though.

If you are referring to the very small black wire draped across the batteries, then I think hedge has it correct.

The actual series jumper is a red cable able a foot long, and it does appear to be slightly smaller than the red and black primary cables. But it is plenty large enough IMO. Nothing to worry about.