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From: Gary Hawkins (no email)
Date: Thu Nov 01 2001 - 07:34:18 EST
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gary Hawkins" <>
> > 1/0 battery cable...
> >
> > West Marine - $5.79/ft
> > Hardware Specialties (Seattle) - $2.15/ft
> >
> > Same stuff.
> >
> Are you sure? Not all 1/0 battery cable is the "same stuff". In
> particular, automotive quality and "welding cable" is unsuitable for marine
> work. Marine cable has to be TCW (Tinned Copper Wire) or the cable will rot
> out in the marine atmosphere and become unrepairable. The insulation has to
> be rated for 105 degrees C and moisture resistant.
Meets those requirements. From both external environment and electrical
standpoints, I don't see any significant difference.
Hardware Specialties prime customers are the Port of Seattle, the commercial
shipping industry, and the U.S. Navy.
On the wire:
Cobra Wire & Cable X-FLEX E163983 (UL) MTW THW AWM 1232/1284/1338/10269 600V
VW-1 1/0 AWG LL900972 CSA TEW 105 C 600 V AWM I A/B 105 C 600V O FT1 MADE IN
USA
Tinned.
1064 strands.
Extra flexible.
Moisture, abrasion, acid, fuel and oil resistant.
Cobra--
Specs: http://www.cobrawire.com/pwrsup2.htm (A2110B)
Home: http://www.cobrawire.com/
UL 1778: http://ulstandardsinfonet.ul.com/scopes/1778.html
Ancor--
Home: http://www.ancorproducts.com/
UL 1426: http://ulstandardsinfonet.ul.com/scopes/1426.html
I was told that one certification can prohibit application for another. While
this wire is not ABYC, it has certifications that Ancor does not, and I see
nothing at all inferior about either one of them as far as quality goes. Good
luck.
/g
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