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Old 08-20-2009, 02:45 PM   #1
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I have read many times that going from 6 to 4ga will help somewhat. From what I have found its a $100.00 upgrade. My question is 4ga wire is pretty cheap, so why not just make you own ?? Am i misiing something ? thanks in advance..

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Old 08-20-2009, 03:04 PM   #2
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The "wire" you need to use is welding cable. Yes you can make your own and many here do just that.
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Old 08-20-2009, 03:32 PM   #3
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Making your own is fine. I made my own. Oh, by the way the proper crimping tool to do it right costs about $125.00. I have one

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Old 08-20-2009, 03:48 PM   #4
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Welding supply has a simple swedge-on tool for a couple of bucks like this



Harbor Freight sells a crimping tool that will do from 10ga to 1/0ga Link:

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=66396

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Old 08-20-2009, 04:02 PM   #5
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Boy does that ever suck. I paid over $100.00 for a tool that looks just like the one with the yellow handles

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Old 08-20-2009, 04:38 PM   #6
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Thanks for all the help. I just got a 2006 txt series cart and have to do things on the cheap. i figure the wires are a good place to start.

thanks again

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Old 08-20-2009, 05:26 PM   #7
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Boy does that ever suck. I paid over $100.00 for a tool that looks just like the one with the yellow handles
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The HF one is only $25 but I bet it's no the same quality as the one you have.
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Old 08-20-2009, 08:50 PM   #8
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Hey all.

I just got in all the stuff I need to make my own: 25' #4 red welding cable, bottle of liquid rosin, and enough solder pellets and lugs to do 12 cables, although I count 11.

I realize by searching the posts that there are a bunch of ways to do this, like crimp or solder only or both.

I chose the commercial route because it's a no-brainer for me, even though it costs more overall. I figure I'm at about $110 for all the materials.

Here's a video of this particular method. The only difference is, I'm going to put on two coats of liquid tape before I heat-shrink the joint.

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That's cool. I've never done it the right way.
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Old 08-20-2009, 10:02 PM   #10
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I have soldered all my cables so far. That system looks so easy a caveman could do it. Thanks for the video and thanks Doug for the crimper info.
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