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wiring from battery to starter
Hi all...what wire and where to get it please????
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Re: wiring from battery to starter
sorry - found it in the wiki
doesn't give specifics with cable sizes, so I shall have a good ganders at what is there.
I have that bolt post in the black box affair that Covkid writes of in the wiki...good to know it can go straight to starter
Going to get this sluggish starting sorted once and for all!!
doesn't give specifics with cable sizes, so I shall have a good ganders at what is there.
I have that bolt post in the black box affair that Covkid writes of in the wiki...good to know it can go straight to starter
Going to get this sluggish starting sorted once and for all!!
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Re: wiring from battery to starter
Haynes Manual says 35mm2 c.s.a. Tri-rated I'd imagine but Martin (California Dreamin') will probably know for sure
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Re: wiring from battery to starter
Thanks Big Herb!
so - I can see the battery symbol first left 70mm on the positive, 25 mm on the negative.
but I don't understand what the next two symbols are I'm going to guess the middle one is the starter motor as it has 70 mm going to it too....then a 10 mm wire to the alternator???
Am I close....??
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so - I can see the battery symbol first left 70mm on the positive, 25 mm on the negative.
but I don't understand what the next two symbols are I'm going to guess the middle one is the starter motor as it has 70 mm going to it too....then a 10 mm wire to the alternator???
Am I close....??
thanks
Em
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Re: wiring from battery to starter
You got it.ermie571 wrote:Thanks Big Herb!
so - I can see the battery symbol first left 70mm on the positive, 25 mm on the negative.
but I don't understand what the next two symbols are I'm going to guess the middle one is the starter motor as it has 70 mm going to it too....then a 10 mm wire to the alternator???
Am I close....??
thanks
Em
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Re: wiring from battery to starter
The cable capacity should be close to the CCA of a battery which is 380A+. Particularly as the cable length is long for a starter cable.nicq wrote:That can't be 70 CSA that bloody massive.
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Re: wiring from battery to starter
bigherb wrote:The cable capacity should be close to the CCA of a battery which is 380A+. Particularly as the cable length is long for a starter cable.nicq wrote:That can't be 70 CSA that bloody massive.
ok...can you explain a bit more about the 70 bit??? Is that 70mm2?
see here...http://www.autoelectricsupplies.co.uk/p ... tegory/124" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
the bottom one....ok not cheap....but cheaper than repeated breakdowns. But only 60mm2??
I will take some pics of what is there
Thanks for the help again folks.
Em
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Re: wiring from battery to starter
Hmm, Blue watercooled petrol Haynes Manual shows 35mm for "1.9 litre carburettor engines" page 12.22 and 70mm for "typical battery, starter and alternator" page 12.25.
Wonder why the DG is smaller?
Wonder why the DG is smaller?
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Re: wiring from battery to starter
ermie571 wrote:
ok...can you explain a bit more about the 70 bit??? Is that 70mm2?
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Yep. Unless you use the Bentley diagrams then they are in Yank cos they can't do metric.
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Re: wiring from battery to starter
ermie571 wrote:bigherb wrote:The cable capacity should be close to the CCA of a battery which is 380A+. Particularly as the cable length is long for a starter cable.nicq wrote:That can't be 70 CSA that bloody massive.
ok...can you explain a bit more about the 70 bit??? Is that 70mm2?
see here...http://www.autoelectricsupplies.co.uk/p ... tegory/124" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
the bottom one....ok not cheap....but cheaper than repeated breakdowns. But only 60mm2??
I will take some pics of what is there
Thanks for the help again folks.
Em
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Re: wiring from battery to starter
Ok this is the starter cable for my caravelle [img]http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/06/17/dysuvege.jpg[/img] as you can see it is pretty darn thick lol....will go and see what the reluctant starter has in a minute.
Thanks to those who have taken the time to help and provide links. I want to get it to fire on the turn of the key....which it has never done really.
Thanks to those who have taken the time to help and provide links. I want to get it to fire on the turn of the key....which it has never done really.
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