[ausev] 2/0 Welding Cable

[Neil]

You should verify this ... but when I checked HD a year ago, their wire was 
solid core (for home/building use), and not good for automotive use where you 
want something stranded and hence more flexible.  If they have stranded wire 
now, that would be great since I expect the price will be better.

Cheers,
-Neil.


On Friday 25 August 2006 08:24, Chris Cooper wrote:
> Home Depot does sell these gauges by the foot on a spool in copper.
>
>
> C²
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ausev-bounces at austinev.org [mailto:ausev-bounces at austinev.org] On
> Behalf Of Neil Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 7:00 PM
> To: ausev at austinev.org
> Subject: Re: [ausev] 2/0 Welding Cable
>
> Have you folks checked welding places?  I know the welding place on North
> Lamar had this at a decent price (though probably not the lowest).  I live
> in FL now, so can't check the name easily, but IIRC it was called "Airgas"
> and Lamar north of Braker/Kramer.
>
> -Neil.
>
> On Thursday 24 August 2006 15:39, Chris Robison wrote:
> > I just checked West Marine's website and found 2/0 Battery Cable for
> > $15.49 per foot in custom quantities under 50 feet. It's not a secret
> > that boating stores are expensive, but honestly I'm blown away.  And note
> > that "battery cable" is more cheaply manufactured and typically has
> > fewer, coarser strands, making it less flexible and therefore more
> > difficult to install in an EV conversion.  This is why nearly everyone
> > uses "welding cable" instead, where the strands are very fine.
> >
> > Compared with even the typical $4 to $4.50 per foot for 2/0 welding cable
> > when bought by the foot, the price at West Marine is clearly unrealistic
> > given the quantities in which a typical EV requires the stuff.  Maybe the
> > marine grade insulation is a plus, but it's not very compelling in an
> > automotive environment where your cable runs really need to be be
> > protected by conduit anyway.
> >
> >   --chris
>
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