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As part of my weight reduction plan, can anyone give me a cable length to move battery to console. I am guessing 6' will work. I am not near the boat so can't measure my self.
I am not sure what I have but from looking at an online chart it looks like 4 0 will work for 5-7'I
I may just go 2 0, but would love to know the length I need. I am having no luck finding a place to work on it where it sits so I may just trailer it home when I can so I can work on it when I have time and weather to do so.
For my Outrage 17 I went overkill and went 4 AWG. This is not the same as 4-0 which is HUGE.
I learned from others mistakes and did not splice into the 3' tail that comes with the motor. I ran a single duplex wire from the engine studs to the newly installed battery switch on the roof of the console cubby.
For my boat it was ~15' I recall.
I used a string to mimic the route and then measured.
Thank you.
Wow 15' seems long. I am kinda committed at this point to towing the boat home at some point and working on it here to do the battery relocation and the foam project. It may be a while as the boat will have to be taken off the lift and put on the trailer before I can bring it home.
I thought it couldn't hurt to get the cables. I also forgot I need to install a new battery switch so I can add that to the list.
I was looking at genuinedealz.com for the cables, but will check your suggestions.
There are types of cable. Before changing relatively large gauge cable I would want to know how flexible it is as that varies. I like more flexibility.
