[chbot] Heavy cable, terminations & crimp tool to replace golf cart cable

[Stuart Brown]

Robin

Try one of the electric fork lift charger outfits, like Stanbury or Enatel.
If they can't sell you cable, and help you crimp connectors, hopefully they
could give you some names.

Stuart

On Thu, 7 Dec 2023 at 15:07, Robin Gilks <gb7ipd at gmail.com> wrote:

> Title says it all really - looking for 200amp cable, about 10m of it
> (between batteries & battery -> controller -> reversing switch).
>
> Golf carts are very much designed for intermittent operation (working up
> the fairway) rather than kms with a weed sprayer or pulling a grass sweeper
> so the reversing switch needs replacing (gets too hot to touch) and some of
> the cables get very soft and flabby with heat.
>
> Switch is $250-$300 so looking to not spend too much on cables (but not
> rubbish AliExpress aluminium wire that has a copper coating!!). The main
> part of the exercise is quality!
>
> Ideas on where to get the parts at a reasonable price and if anyone has a
> big crimp tool I could borrow that would be great (I used to get one from
> Taits but I doubt they have that sort of kit now)
>
> Cheers
>
> --
> Robin Gilks
> marathon golf cart switch
>
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