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Old 10-16-2015, 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Nicks67GTO View Post
FWIW RobbMC told me #4 was unacceptable for pushing their starters and I was having an issue with my cables so I went to a supply store and had them make me 1 Ott cables both positive and negative. Overkill on wire size never hurt anything but your pocketbook.
The locked rotor current of the starter will be over 300% of the running current in most cases. It is the biggest load on the whole system, good thing it is only intermittent.

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