4/0 crimping luck?

[Tom Y]

Grant, I have bought some electrical supplies from Del City on the internet. Some of there prices are good you may want to look there. 25.00 min and prices are higher over the phone, hope this may help someone.  Tom Y

[jeffacc]

I used solder pellets and shrink tube from delcity would not do it any other way its easy and makes for a nice looking job.

http://www.delcity.net/

[jjrbus]

 The Trace installation manual for DR series inverters says. " Battery cables must have crimped (or preferably, soldered and crimped) copper compression lugs unless mechanical lugs are used. Soldered connections alone are not acceptable."
A good place to start is your instalation manual and follow there directions.  HTH

[John E. Smith]

I have one of those hammer-crimpers in my tool box.  I have used it for every battery connection I have made in the last 5 years, and it works very well.  I use a 2-1/2 lb sledge hammer with the crimper set on a steel block -- as long as you make sure to keep your fingers out of the way, it works great!

One peice of advice, though -- contrary to what the so called manuals say.  Soldering a battery connection IS NOT recommended unless you use high temperature silver solder.  The reason is this -- if you get a connection very hot with standard lead solder, you will melt the solder and do damage to surrounding components from the molten solder.  So if you feel you need the extra conductivity of soldered connections, make sure to use high temp silver solder.

[grantgoold]

John, I can always count on you for the goods!  Thanks again for this advise as well as the air wiper diagram. It was just what I needed.

Now I have to check out the valves. It really never says exactly what pressure should be found at the out side of the valves or what type of pressure is required to operate these wiper motors!

Go figure!

Thanks to everyone for their thoughts.

Grant

[grantgoold]

Jeff ACC, wanted to thank you for the excellent website: delcity.  It had everything I needed and the prices were great!

Thanks again,

Grant

[muddog16]

Mechanical connections are suppose to be the best, if you know of an electrical contractor close by, go to him ask him if he has a hi press gun and how much he would charge you to make your connections if your lucky he might do if for a couple of bucks!  Sodering joints is a common practice but tend to make the joint stiff, and if not properly cleaned will not last. Bus bar is an option for connecting multiple batterys you can use shrink tubing to insulate it and just drill holes in the bus bar for connections this would also be a spacing saving measure when  overhead clearance is desired.  Any connection is capable of becoming loose, like everything else a scheduled maintence program is required, batterys need to be well taken care of and maintained as do the cables or bus bars that connect them!  Here is a link for using copper bus bar.

http://www.copper.org/applications/busbar/ampacity/busbar_ampacities.html