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spacebetty
Explorer
Sep 05, 2014

Need help with my sketchy battery cable situation

I was about to replace my 2 12v marine batteries with 2 6v deep cycles, when I realized the cable situation seems strange and possibly scary. But I don't know much about battery cables, so maybe it's ...
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spacebetty
Explorer
Sep 17, 2014
RJsfishin wrote:
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My advice ?
Despite the wiring mess you have, it was working, so don't fix it. But DO add a fuse in the positive wire at the battery !!!!


Haha, well there was a burned out wire, insulation melted off it and everything, so I would hardly say it was working properly! I will definitely not use it as-is, even with a fuse installed.

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