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Have an 02 and it’s time for cables. Truck is starting weak/running out of eletric. Batteries are fresh. Then once turned in no issues.
Planning on 2/0 tinned copper wire, lugs and military terminals. Is it worth using 3/0 to the starter?
passenger side negative has a small ground wire coming off the main crimp. Thinking I’ll make a separate cable to replace that one not a fan of crimping 2 wires in one lug on acct the heat shrink dosent come out as good.
Has anyone done an 02? Seems ~4/5 connections come off the passenger side positive. Any advice or photos would be great.
I will recommend welding cable, finer wires inside so very flexible, and is rated at a higher amperage
I wholeheartedly agree with this recommendation. I used to buy spools of it when I had the shop for building my own cables for whatever. Very flexible makes it easy to route without struggling to bend the cable to fit the area.
Thanks for the replies going to start tomorrow. This is a great chance to spend more money building it than buying it lol. At least it will be full tinned copper all around including wire. Should easily last 20 plus years.
thats a nice battery cut off may add one as when the trucks parked I’m not a fan leaving it plugged in 24/7 to a maintainer. Routinely run equipment that has sat generally if the battery was shut off it’s good to go.
Thanks for the replies going to start tomorrow. This is a great chance to spend more money building it than buying it lol. At least it will be full tinned copper all around including wire. Should easily last 20 plus years.
thats a nice battery cut off may add one as when the trucks parked I’m not a fan leaving it plugged in 24/7 to a maintainer. Routinely run equipment that has sat generally if the battery was shut off it’s good to go.
RigCity, a battery cut off can be a good idea, especially if there’s nowhere to plug in a battery maintainer. However, in my photo that is a Blue Seas 600A cut off switch for my 17,500# winch power going to the front bumper. I wanted to be able to isolate the power to it in case of a front collision when the winch is not in use👍
I also use the Anderson style plug for other things as well and have an ANL fuse holder where I can swap out different amp fuses.
i should have specified in my original photo. Enjoy your upcoming project🙂
I used these cables about 6 years ago on my 2001 F350 i used to have. I am definitely not as electrically inclined as the people responding, but i personally went to this guys shop when i bought them seeing as I lived in Mesa and was about 10 minutes away. I was planning on using the same kit gain when i change them on my 2002 eventually. They were extremely thick and i coupled this with the Green Sticker Denso starter and my 2001 always started regardless of weather. I believe i started it in -12 degrees without it being plugged in.
