Cables & Leads
Overview
Overview
Cables & Leads Overview
About Cables & Leads
About Cables & Leads
Cable you cut is cable that fits.
A pre-made lead is a length. It is the length the packet says, and the run is either that length or it is not. Cable by the half metre is the length the run is. Measure from the source to the load, add a hand's width at each end for the termination, and buy that much.
The range here covers the three families a vehicle uses. Solar cable, twin core and UV rated, for the run from the roof to the regulator. Automotive cable in the light gauges, for the circuits that feed a light, a fan or a socket. Battery cable in the heavy gauges, red and black, for the runs that carry a charger or an inverter.
Which one depends on the current and the distance, and the distance is there and back. A chart gives the gauge. The chart has to be read with the real length, not the length it looks like from across the shed.
Then terminate it properly. Lugs crimped with a tool sized to the barrel. Plugs fitted with the right pins. Heat shrink over every joint. A run made from cable cut to length and finished well is a run that never gets thought about again.




