How to Make Your Own Battery Cables the Easy Way
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- Опубліковано 14 чер 2018
- In this video Jeremy will show his methods for soldering large ring terminals onto heavy gauge battery cable. There are countless types and styles of terminals - Make sure to use the proper size terminals found here: amzn.to/2MubMQL
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Just FYI - Acid core is typically used for plumbing and rosin core is for electrical/electronics work. Heat shrink tubing can be slipped onto the cable first away from the heated portion to prevent the insulation walking back from the joint when trying to put the tubing on. Besides that, good vid!
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For your first time, your presentation was outstanding. You explained and visually demonstrated the how's and why's and do's and don't. You were easy to follow and gave my confidence the boost it needed. Thanks
Using acid core on wires is a big no no. The acid will eventually deteriorate the copper wires. Rosin core is the only thing to use on electrical wiring. Good video!
I want to see more of Jeremy passing on garage knowledge please. I really enjoy the practical explanations and reasoning behind why things are preferred one way versus another.
More of just Jeremy! Great personality and information. This is one of my favorite videos on the channel!
Great Job Jeremy! So this is how all my connections are. I've been soldering everything for years. A lot of time I will flux and pre tin the connections then crimp them and solder. Solder still wicks up and fills the joint solid. If you don't use it already look for the shrink tubing with the adhesive inside. The heat melts the adhesive and seals the wire to the connector water tight! Good stuff! Living near the ocean we have great places like West Marine where I can pick up all sorts of pre tinned connectors. Marine grade electrical distribution blocks, power disconnects, fuses, breakers etc.. All high quality stuff and it survives the winter being designed for salt water boats. BTW.. I run all my electrical through a 900A / 1200A surge disconnect. If I need to disconnect power fast it's a quick flip of the knob on it. I've seen a couple off-road vehicles go up and decided mine wouldn't be next.
Keep up the videos Jeremy! The camera loves you... hahaha...
Rich Lynch Thank you for mentioning West Marine. They also have top grade marine cables in bulk rolls, that can't be beat. A little pricy, but worth it.
David Padilla. Oh I know.. my Jeep is wired with it. Good stuff! For sure it isn't cheap but when you add the term marine to anything you can bet your bippie it's not cheap! Haha..
You can also crimp the connector but make sure you have a quality crimper.
I bought a hydraulic crimper because is the best way to make crimped connector.
Great job Jeremy!
Unless you have a very good hydraulic crimper with a butt load of dies the manual crimpers that can be calibrated are better.
The problem with affordable hydraulic crimpers (under a grand) is that often the dies are just a little too small or too large when they bottom out/finish crimping. They just don't give you enough dies to do it properly. The actual gauge of wire from one manufacturer to another varies quite a bit, you need a lot of dies to compensate for this. One die per wire size is not good enough.
This ultimately results in a substandard crimp that didn't fully finish compressing all the strands in the interior of the lug (you cant see it with out cutting a crimped lug in half). Or the opposite, one that has been over crimped.
@Leopold No that is why you invest money in quality tools. A professional grade crimper can calibrate to crush thickness and won't lock you into using only one cable or lug manufacturer.
The cheap die based crimpers are unable to do so and produce inferior end results anyway.
There is up to a 20% variance in wire size alone.
@Leopold You won't get a "perfect" crimp with a mickey mouse die crimper. You have no way to calibrate it and check for accuracy.
Yeah! Thank you for your video. I am going to tell the wlmrt guy about your video because he did a very bad job installing a new terminal to my car battery! He needs to learn about your skills and common sense laws. Many thanks again. You gave us a great lesson .
Being an Electrician, you have the basics spot on. A couple of pointers, the heat is being drawn into your vice. The way to overcome that is to use heat-resistant neoprene covers for the jaws on your vice. The cheaper way is to use two pieces of hardwood and wet them before you heat up the lugs. If you don't know how much solder to use, fill the lug up with water, then put a scrap piece of the cable you're going to use to strip the end to insert it into the lug the excess water will spill out. Remove the cable, it will leave an amount of water in the lug. Take note of that level, that will give you the level you need to fill the lug with solder. The other point is put the heat shrink over the cable first and slide it down the cable away from any heat transfer, then slide it down and heat it up. Keep those vlogs coming.
Surprised as an electrician you find Soldered Battery lugs (Acid core no less) acceptable. The vibrations in the vehicle have a tendency to break off at the soldered joint because of the stiffness, and heat from pulling high amperage and being in the engine bay. A Hydraulic crimp is what I have always been told to use for this application. What would be your pros vs cons in your opinion of these two methods?
That was great! I'm do this to all my cables now.
Jeremy you did a great job! Mabey we will see you do a few more episodes? I do really enjoy the videos you and Matt do together. Your banter and such really makes the episode. Keep up the vreat work!
This video should be titled "How To Make Your Own Battery Cables the Wrong Way". The solder has to meet the copper wire somewhere and it will make a rigid joint. With vibration that is where it will fail. The terminals are flared to allow some wire flex after the terminal has been properly "crimped". Also every strand is important to carry the load the current the gauge is rated at. Never clip off stragglers. The flare is not there to help you insert the wire, rather it is there to prevent damage due to vibration and when flexing the completed joint.
Good Stuff Chuck....quit chucking my wire!! LOL
Jeremy is my favorite! He is a doppelganger of my favorite cousin. Same speech patterns and mannerisms!
I really like these videos that Jeremey has been making, he should make more! Great job with the video Jeremy!
awesome job Jeremy ! love the production skills , more like this soon !!
A Jeremy UA-cam channel needs to be a thing
Arthur Roy nah, I think he needs his on segment on bleepin jeep
Or just more on him here on BJ
He's already on a channel why start another one?
I did the same thing with all my battery connections when I changed the post connections to Marine type. The heat shrink makes a pro look.
love videos with Jeremy. Did a good job explaining how solder behaves. At my shop we call it sweating when the solder travels where the heat goes.
You have explained cable lug soldering very well. Jeremy, you are an excellent teacher. Thank you. Well done!
But may I add some suggestions. The youtuber 1crazynordlander has made one excellent safety point. That's to make a mechanical connection with the cable and the lug joint. Because as he/she has stated in the comments of this video, if you encounter higher than normal loads thus higher than normal amperage and higher than normal temperature would occur. This means that could melt the solder and the cable will fall out of the lug.
Let me add to this. Maybe do both types of joints.
Make a mechanical connection with the lug first by crimping it to the cable to prevent cable from falling off the lug if it heats up from higher than normal amperage.
Then soldering the joint with rosin core solder to prevent the copper strands from oxidizing.
Finally add heat shrink tubing with some adhesive, or heat resistant silicon to prevent any moisture from penetrating the joint.
Also, if using cables in a environment where vibration occurs, when installing the cable, use cable ties to secure cable from any form of vibration.
Then as a maintenance measure, once cables are installed. Routinely check cables and connections for any melting, wear, deterioration or damage.
Great video Jeremy. You are a natural at the video makin. Felt like we were just hanging out in the shop makin cables. Please make more...
I'm definitely doing this when I install my amp so I can splice in my extra cable. Great video
Great video, very informative, I enjoyed it. Matt should be proud.
I appreciate your enthusiasm and your pointing out an important method to avoid future problems. However, if you indeed did use acid core solder, and you did not clean the joint after soldering, the acid will stay in the joint and corrode the copper. Eventually you will get the green crusties inside your fitting.
So, there you go. Above, somebody questioned using acid core solder. Another guy replied, " don't say something is wrong without giving a reason."
Me too, I've never heard of using acid core solder on electrical, for more than 50 years.
I think that has been established here,
Your production values are good enough for us. The tutorial was fantastic. Thanks for the video.
Great job on the video! It was educational and timely! I was planning on doing my own wiring today!
I love these Jeremy videos!! Hey Jeremy, quick tip, if you melt a little solder on the exposed end of that wire before you even start putting solder in the copper terminal, it will hold all those stragglers together so you don't even have to deal with them afterwards. Then just plunge it into the terminal full of melted solder and do just as you were doing and it should be good to go. Excellent video man. =)
Vinny Gullotta That sounds good..
I was thinking about that. Does the extra solder make the fit too tight? I've done this on a smaller scale (pencil width) and fully tinning the wire can ruin the fit, on the small wires that have alot more wiggle room. Just curious...
It's called tinning and actually a very common practice. Another great video. Now go out to the garage and get to work! 👍
WoOsKii 1 I would say it really depends on how much solder you melt into the cable. If you just lightly tin it, it shouldn't swell very much if at all. With proper heat, the solder will wick into the center of the cable strands and it'll be just enough to hold the strands into one single chunk for easy insertion. Then, when you assemble the terminal and heat it again, the solder of the cable end will melt and the solder I the terminal will wick further into the cable filling in all the gaps all the way to the center of the cable.
@@mannys9130 That's a very good idea! Just a very little tinning on the strands of wire before you insert it into the lug should take care of any straggling wires, and the little tinning will not swell up the wire.
Awesome job, Jeremy! Very informative and took out all the mystery! Thanks!
Great job Jeremy. Informative and straight forward. Good content.
Good informative video, you should do more of these kind of videos. Mat has taught you well. 10/10
Hell yeah I'm excited about battery cables now ! Lol great video !! 👍
I was told by an electrician a while back that you shouldn’t use Acid core solder, you should use rosin core for electrical. Other than that it was a very informative video! Great job man!
Nice video Jeremy. Couldn't tell it was your first. That is the same way I do mine and it is nice to see you reaffirm my method. My cables are for marine applications. This way keeps out moisture as well. Thanks!
Did very good for your first time compared to every other new youtuber I’ve ever seen you did great
Cool man ! Go for it. Sure there is plenty knowledge you can share with us. Thanks from Scotland
My jeep left me on the road for this exact problem today. Thank for the great video👍
Great video. Good job. I didn’t know the cables were so important but I’m gonna redo all mine now! Thanks
You do you boo boo, keep em comin! Having some trouble with my battery connection right now so I kinda needed this
Great video and very informative. Thanks for sharing!
Hell I wished he’d do a spot on the channel feel like we could learn a lot from this feller
Thanks man, good job! Bulletproof AF
You did great Jeremy. Thanks for the informative content.
Well done, I agree that it is the best way to build your own cables. Great refresher thank you, Now I'll go over my rig and check all the connections.
This is just what i needed right now. Killer video bud.
Great Job Jeremy! Thanks for sharing the knowledge! Will be filing this away for the future
that's just how I create my terminals, never had a failure with one yet. great job keep up the good work. Jeremy you did an excellent tutorial.
Very nice demonstration. Very useful.
Thanks
I've not personally had it, but a lot of guys I know say that any kind of imperfect connection caused by things like inadequate connection surface or even simply a terminal coming loose can generate a lot of resistance and thus heat, so they say relying solely on a soldered connection is dangerous as this heat can potentially melt the solder.
As a precaution, they often hit the lug with a center punch and hammer to create an indent just as a mechanical reassurance
Great tutorial! Love it man seriously super helpful! Do more!
U are the man great job and appreciations from Denmark thanks for sharing this with us. U are very positive and great attitude 🙏👍
Hey bro, it's awesome seeing you take over Matt's shop like that - haha. I hope to see you do more videos!
Jeremy you did a great job on the making of this video.
I made a milled block to fit all sizes of terminal and rounded the ends of some old punches. Make as good a termination as what you showed and cost me old tools. Hammer them down straight, then one hit back at a 45 to the sheath to set. Thanks for this one.
This is awesome! great job
Do you need to lubricate and clean the connector inside before tightening?
Great job Jeremy. Thx for all your info.
Great video instructions, Thanks!
bravo again jeremy!!! that was a great video!!!
Great job jermery. Just got a dual battery kit I will be making my own cables for sure.
Great vid, J!
One thing, though...I would strongly suggest NOT using acid core solder for wiring. That stuff is designed to work with somewhat less-than-clean copper pipe and should not be used for wiring as the acid flux can actually eat through the small strands of wire (leaving a green, corroded mess). For wire, you want to use rosin core or, better yet, fluxless (no core) solder paired with a flux paste like you used in the video.
Cheers, dude and keep those vids coming my man!!!!
Great job, well done!
Great Job!
Thank You!
Now, I can make my own cables!
You Rock!
Awesome video showing how to do it with solder. I usually hammer crimp mine like a knuckle-dragger.
I would love to see more videos from you :-) Great tutorial!
Fantastic video! you know exactly what to do, would love to see more from you, learned so much..
Thanks for sharing, Jeremy.
Nice video Jeremy u rock can't wait to see another video bud
Two thumbs up video. Many thanks!
Great video. I wouldn't change a thing. I really like the spinning metal BleepinJeep logo at the end, nice touch.
Never use acid core solder on electrical connections. Use rosin core solder for wires.
j horton good to know. Learn something everyday!!
j horton never tell someone what to do as a piece of advice.....without explaining why......because....nobody gets nothing from it that way
Acid core can corrode the wire because it’s a much more aggressive cleaning agent while rosin core won’t because it’s pretty mild.
Good point. I'll work on that.
Cole A thanks now I'VE learned something new lol
Really helpful video. Made me a new subscriber. Thanks!
I love the how to vids! you did great bud
A STAR is born! Well done!
Very good instructions I enjoyed the show, let's see some more. 😊
Awesome! Cleared out all my questions! Thank you, man!
This is really practical -- good for so many applications - thanks
Amazing!!! This was very informative and entertaining. Thanks 😊
You did great producing a video on your own dude.
Great video!!
Jeremy you do a fine job explaining and showing how to fix cables so they last.
You rocked it man.
Great job on the video. I definitely learned something. I'm about to add a winch. I will be doing this.
You did good as or better than most videos on UA-cam.
Great Job!
Great job brother keep going
Good video we can always look back and reference!
good video, especially like the idea of solider wicking up the wire to stiffen the wire beyond the terminal.
You're great thanks for the detail
Great job!
Nice video, thanks!
Hey man that was a good as video right there! I used to make gun videos so I know a thing or two and that was a good video for sure! Good job!
Good job! You're a natural in front of the camera.
Excellent video thank you
You did well for recording by yourself! I'm going to follow your tutorial when I make new cables for the Wife's LJ.
Great job man
HEY, THANKS FOR THE GREAT SHOW, I LEARNED LOT TODAY.
Excellent job I learned something
Great job on this video!
Great Job on the video
very good job Jeremy, very informal!