Building Your Own Battery Cables

How to make crimped soldered and waterproofed battery terminal connections without expensive equipment as demonstrated by heavy duty mechanic.

Building your own battery cables.

Use our custom cable builder to design and build your own cables. For more information on the components of our custom cables visit the following pages battery cable battery terminals boots and adapters cable covering and dressing high temperature wire covering heat shrink tubing eyelets and eyelet boots lugs rings for large gauge cable. We can also make small battery cables to match factory stock on request for customers who want accurate restorations. Note the size difference between the parts store cable and the 2 0 gauge custom battery cables cable.

The ftz 94284 makes a beautiful 360 degree crimp that is extremely solid. Your order may be eligible for ship to home and shipping is free on all online orders of 35 00. You will need 1 or more sealed deep cycle batteries 1 dc to ac power inverter 1 smart charger maintainer inverter cables and battery link cables if using more. You can purchase them from custom suppliers or can build your own.

An ftz made crimp exceeds us mil specs. If done right with good equipment the crimp is so tight that there is no air gaps and no room for the solder. I own both the ancor hammer crimper and the ftz 94284 as well as many others. Watch this video to see how to build your own custom battery cables using quality parts.

Pick up the appropriate cable for your machine in the gauge size determined above. Therefore we build them thicker and heavier than the cheap stuff used by the factory or local parts store cables. In this video i show two methods for how i crimp ring terminals onto heavy gauge cable. The manufacturer of the ends recommends crimping as the best way to attach ends.

Making your own battery cables. Non adjustable terminals or universal terminals should only be used as a temporary fix. There are countless types and styles of terminals i use copper ring. Check here for special coupons and promotions.

Order battery cable for your vehicle and pick it up in store make your purchase find a store near you and get directions. If your cables don t match the battery you can also get cable clamp adjusters which tighten around any cable to ensure it fits well. Wires can be soldered and we ve done that before. In testing we ve conducted here at compass marine inc.

A full 360 degree crimp makes a truly cold. Pick your crimp tool.