[Vwdiesel] batteries and charging/jumping

[Val Christian]

Man, I love ya!  Now we're talking.  Of course the $4 Harbor Freight 
battery cutoff could go on the mudflap also. 

I have buckets of 1/4-20 bolts so I'll use those.  And I can use 3 #6
wire sections in parallel for less resistance.  The generator starters 
aren't THAT big.  

The tractor might be a better candidate for an Anderson.


> 
> Hi,
> 
> If I was needing to do something like that, being the cheap-skate that I
> am, I'd take a piece of white plastic mudflap (because it'd be quite
> durable, and shouldn't be electrically conductive as a black one might be)
> and mount a 5/16 or 3/8" nut 'n bolt for each terminal. Figure a way to
> mount it so it's unlikely that something conductive will bridge the
> terminals, or the mounting hardware to one of the terminals.
> 
> Or, if I wanted to make things prettier and had time to wait while
> accumulating materials, I'd keep my eyes peeled for derelict electric
> forklifts at the scrap yard, and scrounge some of those Anderson
> connectors,
> probably the 200 amp ones would be fine as long as you're not
> plugging/unplugging it under load.
> 
>   The wire on 'em probably won't be the length you need, so scrounge some
> split-bolt connectors while your there (some electricians call 'em bug
> splices), also get some old bicycle innertubes.  Wrap the split-bolts
> tightly with a one inch strip of innertube until there are no sharp
> corners and no exposed metal, then wrap that in a few wraps of
> electrical tape,
> 
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