After nearly 6 years of ownership, I have finally got around to replacing the battery cables on my Jeep.
On a whim, I have decided to go to Rausch Creek in June. In addition to a few other things, I figured I would need a winch. In the rocks, spinning and being hard on stuff to get around ends up leading to a broken Jeep!
The factory battery cables were quite bad. At least 1/2 of the strands were broken, and the green fuzzy corrosion goes a few inches up the positive battery cables.
It is something I have been meaning to do since I bought the Jeep 6 years ago. It has always cranked like it has a dead batter, but generally always starts.
I figured the winch would just be too much for the factory battery cables, so I went through and did some cleaning up.
I put on the following:
- 1 AWG battery negative to fender
- 1 AWG block to battery ground
- 4AWG Battery to starter (factory is 6 or 8)
- 1 AWG battery to PDC
I will be putting a 4AWG from the head to the body to replace the factory ground strap.
Used marine terminals and premade battery cables with lugs on both ends. The winch's breaker will be connected to the positive terminal. These lugs are pretty nice!
Immediate observations:
- Jeep no longer cranks like it has a dead battery
- Headlihts don't flicker any more (the old terminals were shot and couldn't be tightened)
- Electric fan doesn't cause a voltage drop
- Electric windows go up and down quickly!
I should have done this years sooner!
On a whim, I have decided to go to Rausch Creek in June. In addition to a few other things, I figured I would need a winch. In the rocks, spinning and being hard on stuff to get around ends up leading to a broken Jeep!
The factory battery cables were quite bad. At least 1/2 of the strands were broken, and the green fuzzy corrosion goes a few inches up the positive battery cables.
It is something I have been meaning to do since I bought the Jeep 6 years ago. It has always cranked like it has a dead batter, but generally always starts.
I figured the winch would just be too much for the factory battery cables, so I went through and did some cleaning up.
I put on the following:
- 1 AWG battery negative to fender
- 1 AWG block to battery ground
- 4AWG Battery to starter (factory is 6 or 8)
- 1 AWG battery to PDC
I will be putting a 4AWG from the head to the body to replace the factory ground strap.
Used marine terminals and premade battery cables with lugs on both ends. The winch's breaker will be connected to the positive terminal. These lugs are pretty nice!
Immediate observations:
- Jeep no longer cranks like it has a dead battery
- Headlihts don't flicker any more (the old terminals were shot and couldn't be tightened)
- Electric fan doesn't cause a voltage drop
- Electric windows go up and down quickly!
I should have done this years sooner!