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 Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 1:26 pm Post subject: Where to find closed-end lugs for Super-CCA cable |
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I made my own lugs with soft copper tubing. I drilled a hole about 1” deep into an aluminum block, the same diameter as the copper tubing. Drill the hole near the edge of the block. Cut a piece of tubing about 2” long and insert it into the hole. I use an arbor press and place the block with the tubing inserted, on a flat plate and press the copper flat against the plate. When you pull the tubing out of the block, it will have a nice round barrel for the cable to be inserted. Drill a hole in the tab and round the edges of the tab for a finished look. Solder in the wire, add shrink sleeve and you are done. I found with minimal practice I was able to make very nice lugs. If you don’t have an arbor press you can gently pound the tab flat with a hammer.
Roger
Try welding supply and farm supply stores.
Rick
On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 1:24 PM, DeWitt Whittington <dewittw(at)earthlink.net (dewittw(at)earthlink.net)> wrote:
Where is the best place to buy lugs for Eric Jones' Super-CCA electric cable in #4 size? My partners wants a "closed end" type as suggested by Bob Nuckolls on one of his weekend seminars. It appears that Eric only sells the open end type. This would be a type which uses the "solder pellet" which you drop into the lug, then insert the wire and heat.
Dee
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Eric M. Jones
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| Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 7:04 am Post subject: Re: Where to find closed-end lugs for Super-CCA cable |
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You can get the closed end version from marine supply:
http://www.boatersworld.com/product/199323221msk.htm
The "Super-2-CCA" takes a 1/0 AWG (one-aught) connector and the "Super-4-CCA" take a 2 AWG connector, because CCA cable is slightly larger than the copper sizes. I have been selling a lot of this CCA cable recently, and SteinAir is distributing the Super-2-CCA.
We sell a lot of this in custom sizes to NASCAR and Indy racers, as well as some military aircraft builders. The Tesla electric car also uses it. The NASCAR guys are super-secretive about the material--demanding no markings on the insulation or on the spools!
"...Beans for supper tonight, six o'clock.
Navy beans cooked in Oklahoma ham...
Got to eat 'em with a spoon, raw onions
and cornbread; nothing else...."
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