Battery cable selection

Dale Scroggins wrote:

"Philippe" wrote in message
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wrote:

I am putting two 12V batteries together
http://www.batterymart.com/p-hawker-...t-battery.html
to make a 24V battery.

What size cable should I use to make the serial connection?

Longer the cable, bigger the cable...
connect two batteries with a 1"cable: a 6AWG cable will work

flat copper bar will be better (less losses):
http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalo...ges/busbar.php

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A copper bar would indeed work much better than a short cable. If you
plan to join two standard aircraft batteries sharing the same battery
box, a well-fitted copper bar is easier to install than a cable.

You can make a bar by flattening a short section of 1/2" thick-wall
copper tubing (as used for refrigeration lines) in a vise and drilling
two 5/16" holes the correct distance apart (about two inches I think,
but you should measure). Coat it with grease each time it's installed
or it will corrode rapidly.

Beech Barons use a similar copper bar, tin-plated as I recall. You
could buy one.




The truly energetic could tin the bar with solder or, wait for it, tin.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired