Was RE: [Shotimes] RockAuto Shipping is Ridiculous! / Now Aluminum wires?

Kenneth Epperly epperly1@optonline.net
Thu, 08 Sep 2005 16:23:20 -0400


It has a corrosion issue, needs to be cleaned very well and a special grease 
coating applied. Aluminum wire has to be of a heaver grade as it's current 
capacity is less than copper. There were many house fires from aluminum 
wire.

        Ken
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Malachuk" <bmalach1@nycap.rr.com>
To: "'Paul Nimz'" <pnimz@v8sho.com>; "'`V6 SHOtimes'" 
<SHOtimes@autox.team.net>; "'Alan Fanning'" <Awfanning@earthlink.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 11:16 AM
Subject: Was RE: [Shotimes] RockAuto Shipping is Ridiculous! / Now Aluminum 
wires?


> So is there a reason Aluminum wire is good or better for making battery
> cables. I seriously need to make some battery cables as I have pretty good
> voltage drop on my original wires. Just been putting it off cause I didn't
> want to buy a 50ft spool of wire.
>
> There is a building materials recycling yard about 10 min away and my
> electrician neighbor tells me he has to pay them to take his used wire 
> from
> jobs he does. Might that be a good place to find said aluminum wiring?
>
> Bruce J Malachuk
>
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> * 93 Emerald Green MTX - SOLD
> * 93 Black ATX - New Parts CAR
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Paul Nimz
> Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 1:10 AM
> To: `V6 SHOtimes; Alan Fanning
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] RockAuto Shipping is Ridiculous!
>
> If you are referring to the battery clamp terminal the best are also the
> cheapest and lightest.  Go to Wal_Mart or elsewhere and get the Penske 
> brand
> spring type band terminals.  Get ones with a lug end on them.  Then just 
> get
> some common diameter lugs and make the whole system replaceable.
>
> I'm currently got my eye a scrap roll of household type attic #4 aluminum
> triplex in the shed.  Was thinking of cutting it up to make new alternator
> to fuse box to starter cables.  Need 25' of #1 aluminum to go to the trunk
> but haven't been able to get that from anywhere for nothing yet.  :)
>
> Paul
>
>
> On 9/7/2005 8:04:58 PM, awfanning@earthlink.net wrote:
>> Now this is a GREAT idea!  The demo of the soldered connections is
>> very cool too. Thx!
>>
>> What type of clamp fitting do you recommend?
>>
>> Alan
>>
>>
>> Paul wrote:
>>
>> > Personally if I were to need cables I would just buy bulk cable and
>> > make
>> my
>> > own.  www.delcity.net <http://www.delcity.net>  is a good place to
>> > find things.
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