As a sugguestion, if the wire has any green corrsion I would replace the stuff with new, especially if that wire got hot , from my experience. Mark AB8RU
Tony VE6MVP wrote: >At 12:42 AM 2005-08-25 -0400, you wrote: > > > Those BCI -31's are good batteries, you can add extras on if > >you need to but you would have to go to a HD Truck Parts place or > >dealership to make up a special 2 or more battery cable, your cable > >should be #6 or larger diameter ( #4 ,or #0 ) depends on how much > >current the system is drawing.. > >All that was attached to those radios were 2 UHF linking radios wired back >to back. So the most power they would use would be, guessing 20 amps, >when one radio is transmitting. I have no idea what gauge of wire was >used. They'd been there for at least five or ten years if not even >fifteen or twenty. I say 20 amps because 22 amps was what an electrical >place told me my mobile radio was consuming when we were stress testing the >alternator and battery in my car. > >And the other ham was far, far more experienced with all this than I am. I >was basically just the driver and gopher. <smile> > >Tony > > > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/