Tuesday, December 1, 2015

2/0 AWG vs 2 cables of 4 AWG

I've got the Hydraulic crimping tool and the 2/0 cable lugs - but no 2/0 cable yet. What I do have is more 4 AWG. So I have redone the negative cables (from the battery to the shunt; shunt to inverter): doubled up two sections of 4 AWG wire .. wow, it's a nice connection. [I had to cut one apart with a hacksaw to see what it was like and it was like a single solid cable, absolutly amazing!]

I have a 200 AMP switch in the Positive line that I need to move before I recable the positive side. Once I figure that out, I'll make new positive runs as well.

From the information I've read, the two leads will have just a tiny bit more cable area than the 2/0 that I've not purchased yet. I don't expect to go much over 150 Amps and that only for a short time.