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I've gotten a couple enquiries about making replacement battery cables, and I thought I'd see who all was interested. I may have to order materials for the ones I've got in the pipe now, and if I can order more material when some cash I'm waiting for comes thru, I can get it for a little less.
I haven't priced the Jeepers & Creepers set for a while, but I remember a pair of cables being something like $80 - with Painless in the same area.
I'd like to know who all would be interested, since I already have the tool to crimp these heavy damn lugs and I've made a whole slew of these cables for industrial applications anyhow...
Looks like I'd be best using either #1 or #1/0 cable as a compromise between ampacity and shipping weight (#1 is good for 250A over 50 feet, and #1/0 for 350A over 50 feet - so both are overkill with our starters drawing about 140A @ 13.5VDC last time I checked.) I'll have to finalise prices, but it looks like I'd go for about $1.50/foot (or fraction) + $3 to terminate the #1, and about $1.80/foot (or fraction) or so + $4 to terminate for the #1/0 - this will serve until I can get some standard sizes, and these prices would remain for any "custom" cable lengths needed. Cables would be terminated with industrial copper crimp lugs for 1/2" studs, and marine-style battery terminals would be required (I recommend brass, and I may offer those as well for a nominal fee.)
I would also make custom-length heavy cables for winch applications or for heavy-duty jumper leads, and could also terminate with "Greylocks" upon request. (Greylocks are the heavy-duty battery connectors with the Lexan shell. They are typically grey, but other colours can be had.) For instance, I use 1/0 cable for my jumper leads, they are 50 feet long, and are terminated with a greylock (with a mating greylock under the hood.) Two advantages - 1) you can hook up the clamps and just plug in on your end, 2) it keeps my kids from making off with my jumper leads. I did something similar for my battery charger - same reason. I'd have to check on parts to give a price for jumper cables.
Mainly, I am gaging interest right now - the prices are currently tentative, and are subject to change. Also, how likely and how soon custom jumper prices will surface depends entirely upon interest - but I've found it handy to be able to jump a battery from two parking slots away, and to not have to jockey a K-turn in the breakdown lane on the freeway...
Of course - since everyone so far has asked so nicely, I'd forego my usual colour-coding pattern of using red & black HST for using actual red and black cable. Connections would be ox-garded, crimped, and sealed with HST to match the cable colour.
Availability of colours other than red or black would be by VERY special order (since it has to be ordered in "spool lengths") and would be subject to availability of the jacket colour.
See what you guys started? (You know who you are...)
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I've gotten a couple enquiries about making replacement battery cables, and I thought I'd see who all was interested. I may have to order materials for the ones I've got in the pipe now, and if I can order more material when some cash I'm waiting for comes thru, I can get it for a little less.
I haven't priced the Jeepers & Creepers set for a while, but I remember a pair of cables being something like $80 - with Painless in the same area.
I'd like to know who all would be interested, since I already have the tool to crimp these heavy damn lugs and I've made a whole slew of these cables for industrial applications anyhow...
Looks like I'd be best using either #1 or #1/0 cable as a compromise between ampacity and shipping weight (#1 is good for 250A over 50 feet, and #1/0 for 350A over 50 feet - so both are overkill with our starters drawing about 140A @ 13.5VDC last time I checked.) I'll have to finalise prices, but it looks like I'd go for about $1.50/foot (or fraction) + $3 to terminate the #1, and about $1.80/foot (or fraction) or so + $4 to terminate for the #1/0 - this will serve until I can get some standard sizes, and these prices would remain for any "custom" cable lengths needed. Cables would be terminated with industrial copper crimp lugs for 1/2" studs, and marine-style battery terminals would be required (I recommend brass, and I may offer those as well for a nominal fee.)
I would also make custom-length heavy cables for winch applications or for heavy-duty jumper leads, and could also terminate with "Greylocks" upon request. (Greylocks are the heavy-duty battery connectors with the Lexan shell. They are typically grey, but other colours can be had.) For instance, I use 1/0 cable for my jumper leads, they are 50 feet long, and are terminated with a greylock (with a mating greylock under the hood.) Two advantages - 1) you can hook up the clamps and just plug in on your end, 2) it keeps my kids from making off with my jumper leads. I did something similar for my battery charger - same reason. I'd have to check on parts to give a price for jumper cables.
Mainly, I am gaging interest right now - the prices are currently tentative, and are subject to change. Also, how likely and how soon custom jumper prices will surface depends entirely upon interest - but I've found it handy to be able to jump a battery from two parking slots away, and to not have to jockey a K-turn in the breakdown lane on the freeway...
Of course - since everyone so far has asked so nicely, I'd forego my usual colour-coding pattern of using red & black HST for using actual red and black cable. Connections would be ox-garded, crimped, and sealed with HST to match the cable colour.
Availability of colours other than red or black would be by VERY special order (since it has to be ordered in "spool lengths") and would be subject to availability of the jacket colour.
See what you guys started? (You know who you are...)
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