What determines battery cable size?
Hey all, I'm looking into replacing the factory battery cables in the spring to hopefully get more efficient (as in shorter) generator charging time. My question is, what do I "need to do" vs. what...
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Thanks all for replying! 1st, my apologies. My crimp count was off.
I do not have 14 crimps as I stated. I have 10 crimps and 2 bare connection pts at the Boondocker. I mentally counted 6 at the battery when I wrote this, not the 4 that it is and I also counted the bare wire pts at the Boondocker.
Here's what I have:
4 - Battery pts (2x6v)
2 - Pos cable circuit breaker on the frame
2 - Battery cut off switch (factory installed)
2 - Neg cable screwed to frame (with #10? self tapping screws)
2 - Bare wire taps into Boondocker.
Seems like I can't get any less than this. However, I can do better with the wiring and the connection pts.
I don't think I have room to move the Boondocker closer to the batteries as it would interfere with the only outside storage compartment that I have and it's small enough to begin with.
Do I count both the pos and neg in the cable length? As in, 25ft one way is counted as 50ft in the calculations?
I don't expect the truck to recharge the batteries unless it's a long day's driving and I don't even know what voltage the dual alt configuration of the 2013 GMC Duramax puts out.
Thanks again,
John
Thanks all for replying! 1st, my apologies. My crimp count was off.
I do not have 14 crimps as I stated. I have 10 crimps and 2 bare connection pts at the Boondocker. I mentally counted 6 at the battery when I wrote this, not the 4 that it is and I also counted the bare wire pts at the Boondocker.
Here's what I have:
4 - Battery pts (2x6v)
2 - Pos cable circuit breaker on the frame
2 - Battery cut off switch (factory installed)
2 - Neg cable screwed to frame (with #10? self tapping screws)
2 - Bare wire taps into Boondocker.
Seems like I can't get any less than this. However, I can do better with the wiring and the connection pts.
I don't think I have room to move the Boondocker closer to the batteries as it would interfere with the only outside storage compartment that I have and it's small enough to begin with.
Do I count both the pos and neg in the cable length? As in, 25ft one way is counted as 50ft in the calculations?
I don't expect the truck to recharge the batteries unless it's a long day's driving and I don't even know what voltage the dual alt configuration of the 2013 GMC Duramax puts out.
Thanks again,
John
