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Sunbeam, A lot of it, well most of it, had to do with aesthetics, as you mention. I am a bit weird that way. Secondarily, I guess: 1) I can put just one pair on for solo trips and have the other side of the cabintop free for other "stuff". 2) It makes tie-down very easy. The side-to-side...

Pat - I bought the crimper online from one of the EV (Electric Vehicle) DIY web sites. As you can imagine, they use these a lot. Potter - very good point/reminder. I would never use solder on anything thinner than, say 8AWG, depending on the application, for the points you mention. With the...

I posted some of these pictures in another thread before they were all done, but I finally got everything finished up this past weekend and had a test run on the boat. Hence, the "update". Starting with the re-hash of the other thread: I had a local aluminum welder-guy bend some tubing into...

Lisa made some sunbrella covers for the foam with draw-string ends for removal

All the covers on

First test day!

Looks like are gonna work good!

I put together a few pictures on how an overly-anal geeky engineer (me) makes up a battery cable. First strip the cable to match the ferrule of the lug Then crimp the lug to the cable Make sure the crimp has a VERY good mechanical connection on the wire Next, I put the lug in a...

Fill void with solder and allow to wick into wire

Seal off all area with silicone or other

Cover all with adhesive-lined heatshrink tubing

Done!

Completed crimp

Drill hole in void at tip of wire

Heat lug

Strip wire to match lug ferrule

Insert cable and make the crimp

The weakest link in the entire system would be the thinnest wire. That would be your "fuse" in the set of three for that run if currents got away from you. The entire run would be limited by the current-carrying capacity of that thinnest wire. The others would not help. The "advantage" of...

Actually, I think the slower charge would be a good thing in this case. If there is any damage (which I doubt), a high charge rate might not be too good.