At 05:36 PM 1/20/06 -0800, Eric Adams wrote:
I got some surplus 4 guage welding cable from a friend. I think that the little tiny strands are actually bad for this application (higher resistance?) but theprice was right.
That should be no problem. The only place the number of strands makes a difference electrically is if you are dealing with high frequencies. In that case the skin depth of the frequencies involved come into play and the more stands the lower the resistance until the skin depth approaches the wire size. As far as the tractor and Alltrax is concerned you are dealing with DC.
Now I am debating whether to try crimp lugs or solder. Crimpseems iffy without the expensive proper crimper. I assume that solder is just apropane torch and some big fat solder wire. Any practical comments or experience?
I have used in the past a cheap hammer powered crimping device. Unfortunately I don't know where to get them.
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