Joe — PLEASE don’t use welding cable on a boat. It’s not UL- or ABYC-approved for marine use, and the fact that it’s not tinned should be a huge red flag, especially for you saltwater boaters.
4AWG marine battery cable from Pacer Marine is $1.75/ft retail: http://www.pacergroup.net/4-gauge-battery-cable/ <http://www.pacergroup.net/4-gauge-battery-cable/> I’ve been using these guys for many years, and their wire products for marine use are equal or superior to just about anything else our there, and reasonably priced. — Fred Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- Bayfield, WI > On Aug 1, 2017, at 8:54 AM, Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Could be, but my boat is about 1 mile from West Marine and a couple hundred > or more from Defender, so Port Supply is still a big help when I need > something mid-project. > This made me curious, so I took a look at something I just bought – 4 gauge > wire. > Defender - $2.32/foot > Port Supply - $2.60/foot > West normal price - $3.19/foot > Genuindealz (my favorite eBay marine wire store) - $1.92 a foot (tinned but > not fine strand like Ancor, they do carry a lot of Ancor as well) > Excelene welding cable 4 gauge (all over Ebay, very flexible, NOT tinned so > watch how you make the ends) $1.29/foot > > BTW – the two absolute *worst* deals at West are batteries and solar panels. > East-Penn Deka makes their batteries and they are cheaper literally anywhere > else. Sams Club AGM group 31s are HALF the West price and they are the exact > same thing. West has the most expensive and crappiest solar panels I have > ever seen anywhere too. They literally could buy them off Amazon, double the > price, and still be better. > > > Joe Della Barba > Coquina
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