Building a Battery Box. Part 7 – Battery Cables and Adapter KarambitKnives,com

In Part 7 of my Building a Battery Box series, I build the battery cables using 2 AWG marine battery cable and SB120 Anderson Power Pole connectors. When used with cable and not soldered to a board, SB120 connectors will support 225A I think. I also build an adapter from SB120 to SB50 since some of my equipment using the smaller SB50. I installed the SB120 anticipating running larger loads like a 2000W inverter.

In this episode, I discuss cable glands, cable routing to reduce strain on the cable glands, stripping large cable with a utility knife, crimping lugs with a hydraulic crimper, and adhesive-line heat shrink tubing.

Yellow Weather-Resistant Case:
Power Pole SB120 Connector Kit:
2 AWG Marine Battery Cable:
Adhesive-Lined Heat Shrink Tubing:
TEMCo Hydraulic Crimper:
SELTERM Battery Lugs:

Part 1 – Introduction:
Part 2 – Heater & Diffuser Plate:
Part 3 – Solar Charge Controller:
Part 4 – PVC Passthrough:
Part 5 – Bus Bars:
Part 6 – Wiring the Solar Charge Controller:
Part 7 – Battery Cables and Adapter:
Part 8 – Power Pole Block:
Part 9 – The Battery:
Part 10 – Ampacity:
Part 11 – The End:

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