Anywhere I can have custom battery cables made up, maybe get those nice ends soldered on instead of the crappy little compression ones that I have now. Also, I need a couple of quick disconnects in-line and I need the battery end wired up to allow me to run 3 8-Ds in parallel.

Anybody know somebody that can make nice, custom battery harnesses out of super-thick cable? I have some long runs here (relocating battery bank to behind the cab) and I don't want a fire. Rather have cables too thick than not thick enough.

 

I Have had good luck with welding lead. Heavy gauge, flexable, heavy duty insulation, low voltage drop. Any welding supply will carry it in bulk. You can even find it in black green or yellow. Copper lugs soldered with a propane torch then shrink wraped. There is some really heavy duty shrink sleave with glue inside it that is great stuff. I cant recall what it is called but a industrial electrical supply store or McMaster Carr should carry it. An automotive electric rebuilder or heavy truck battery supplyer should be able to hook you up too.

 

I have also used welding lead and it works great. You can go to a welding supply and have it cut to whatever length you need.

 

Yes welding leads are good to use and if you have a napa parts store near they have the cable ends with solder already in them,just heat with a map gas torch and they are ready to push on the cable.

 

don't know if you have a tractor supply store around you but they carry both welding lead and some pretty nice battery cables.

 

My local non chain parts store has a battery cable end crimper. They can make any cable that one could want. So I would ask around locally to you.

 

This guy will make anything you want:
http://www.custombatterycables.com/

 

Welding lead, eh? What is that like 4/0 AWG? Should be thick enough. I'll give that a try.

 

2/0 will be plenty heavy.

 

May as well just have the welding shop crimp the lugs while you are there.

 

well is 1/0 too big cause thats what i want a jumper cables(25')and heck get 35' would work great what yall think

 

my 225'welding cable on the truck is 1/0,is that big enough for the positive and negative battery cables? i need to know tonite cause im gettin more rod(another 50lbs can) and a pipe clamp tomarrow,then i can add on 40' of cable (30' for jumper cables and the other for the truck)

 

While on this topic, anyone change theirs(stock battery cables) out for the same OEM cables? Is the dealer the only supplier of these? Last I checked the positive cable was around 60+ dollars from the dealer. Mine, like I am sure the rest of yours are, are chewed up from previous owners who took channel locks and vice grips to them instead of the proper tools.

 

i can get weldin cable cheap threw work so thats the way im goin and all the other trucks ive played with we just go to napa or onestop and get the biggest cable they got

 

I am sure you have your reasons for wanting the stock cables, but were it me, I would just cut away the lead ends and crimp copper-lugs onto the existing cables and use marine terminals until I needed a battery(s), at which time I would buy a Group-31S stud-type battery.

The copper-lugs are way ahead of the old lead-type terminals in so many ways.