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rl153 Serious Thumper Offline S40 Just right! Posts: 906 Bloomfield,CT Gender:	Positive Lead 02/08/10 at 16:47:07 Whats the best way to cap off a positive lead from the battery so it can be available for a jump start ? Also is a #10 stranded copper wire sufficient for this? Thanks
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Positive Lead Reply #1 - 02/08/10 at 17:30:21 see digger, he did it.
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Digger Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Ya gotta be tough to ride singles! Posts: 1604 Colorado Springs, CO Gender:	Re: Positive Lead Reply #2 - 02/08/10 at 19:13:19 Yep: http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1254071137/15
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rl153 Serious Thumper Offline S40 Just right! Posts: 906 Bloomfield,CT Gender:	Re: Positive Lead Reply #3 - 02/09/10 at 09:12:57 That seems really good ,but I think I'd like to try something simpler . Do you thing a # 10 stranded heat resistent copper wire would be sufficient?Thanks.
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Charon Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1811 Harvard, NE Gender:	Re: Positive Lead Reply #4 - 02/10/10 at 10:32:36 Considering that you want to be able to use this added wire to start the engine, use a wire AT LEAST AS LARGE AS THE EXISTING BATTERY CABLE. If you want only to charge the battery, not start the bike, a smaller gauge would be okay.
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Re: Positive Lead
Reply #5 - 02/10/10 at 12:28:14

Actually there is a difference between start cables and jumper cables. If it needs only a jump start, meaning the battery is not stone dead, but just need a little help, 10 or 12 ga would be fine. But if needing starter cables,....as in a no battery,....or stone dead situation, the cables will need to be as heavy as the battery cables, especially because of the possible extra length involved.

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rl153 Serious Thumper Offline S40 Just right! Posts: 906 Bloomfield,CT Gender:	Re: Positive Lead Reply #6 - 02/10/10 at 15:20:15 What guage wire is the battery cable?
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