battery terminal points under the bonnet

I have done some with solder, I did have one failure (on a HGV low loader ramp) where the cable came unsoldered. It was filled properly when I did it but after about 6 months the cable came out. Usually the drivers managed to pull cables out when crimped, company would not buy the handles for the plugs. A full set of handles would have been less than 1 call out to get machine back on trailer!

I think thats standard operating procedure with the management!
All the low loaders and beavertails we see dont half get some ****, I reckon the drivers see who can wreck their motor the quickest

I think I would also fancy getting a spare plug to put in the socket when not in use - thus keeping the contacts clean.

If I put and Anderson Connecter under the bonnet, do I need to run a live and earth cable from the battery or can I find a decent earth close by?

Your earth can come from anywhere as long as it's a good one. and you would be better running the +ive from either the battery or the starter solenoid

I went to the local Electrical Wholesalers today for some meter tails, 4 metres of the stuff. Explained to him what it was for and he admitted it was the 1st time he'd ever sold it for this purpose......Learn summat new everyday

Buz said:

I went to the local Electrical Wholesalers today for some meter tails, 4 metres of the stuff. Explained to him what it was for and he admitted it was the 1st time he'd ever sold it for this purpose......Learn summat new everyday

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What size did you get mm.? Let us know if it copes well or gets hot under load.Cheers

Buz said:

I went to the local Electrical Wholesalers today for some meter tails, 4 metres of the stuff. Explained to him what it was for and he admitted it was the 1st time he'd ever sold it for this purpose......Learn summat new everyday

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You would have been better off getting 35mm welding cable rather than the stiff 240VAC mains tails, as the current capacity is higher at the lower 12VDC than it is at the higher AC!

35mm Mains tails are rated at 140A @ 240V AC, whereas 35mm welding cable is rated at 200A DC (continuous) and 1200A on 'strike up' @ 60V OC.

However, at the end of the day, the choice is yours

Oldseadog said:

You would have been better off getting 35mm welding cable rather than the stiff 240VAC mains tails, as the current capacity is higher at the lower 12VDC than it is at the higher AC!

35mm Mains tails are rated at 140A @ 240V AC, whereas 35mm welding cable is rated at 200A DC (continuous) and 1200A on 'strike up' @ 60V OC.

However, at the end of the day, the choice is yours

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Explained beautifully ( no idea what your talking about though )
Welding cable it is then

:tea: As a simple example, just think how hot those cheap fairly stiff jump leads get!

we have fitted the grey anderson plugs to every vehicle at our work fleet (3 defenders 2 vans 2 lorries) so that we can jump start generators or cars, each vehicle has a set of anderson to crocodile jump leads we also have a trailer that we use them for, the 3 defenders have them mounted on the front bumper and rear crossmembers, totally worth doing

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What size did you get mm.? Let us know if it copes well or gets hot under load.Cheers

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I went with 25mm, same as the jump leads I have.

Oldseadog said:

You would have been better off getting 35mm welding cable rather than the stiff 240VAC mains tails, as the current capacity is higher at the lower 12VDC than it is at the higher AC!

35mm Mains tails are rated at 140A @ 240V AC, whereas 35mm welding cable is rated at 200A DC (continuous) and 1200A on 'strike up' @ 60V OC.

However, at the end of the day, the choice is yours

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Too late now, I've gone and bought the tails

I'm sure they will be man enough for what I need