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Source of high current welding cable

Postby sergei » Sat Nov 13, 2010 11:06 am

I am trying to find a good source of high quality welding cable for moving battery in the boot.

I am currently using jaycar cable, but insulation on it is cheap shit pvc and I can see it degrading already (even though it sat in the garage for 3years).

From what I have seen, welding cables are much better alternative as they are designed to the conditions.

So, the question is what welding supply place would you recommend in Auckland, and what your experience is with this sort of stuff.

Thanks.

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Postby Bling » Sat Nov 13, 2010 11:08 am

You could hit Adydas up as i'm pretty sure he can source it.
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Postby sergei » Sat Nov 13, 2010 11:22 am

BZG|Bling wrote:You could hit Adydas up as i'm pretty sure he can source it.


Completely forgot about him. Thanks.
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Postby Soiled » Sat Nov 13, 2010 1:30 pm

JA Russels or Ideal Electrical. They're the two places I use for work.
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Postby whynot » Sat Nov 13, 2010 4:10 pm

I used to use a fair bit of welding cable and the cheapest place i could get it was BOC at about $16/m for 50mm stuff but it all depends on who you know and 50mm would be over kill for just about anything on a car
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Postby touge_ae101 » Sat Nov 13, 2010 4:28 pm

i can get you 50m of it if you want? had it running a pump down a bore but found a couple nicks in the insulation so pulled it out and replaced it.

PM me if you want it i can sort it out cheap for you. its orange too 8)
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Postby samlloyd » Sat Nov 13, 2010 4:30 pm

touge_ae101 wrote:i can get you 50m of it if you want? had it running a pump down a bore but found a couple nicks in the insulation so pulled it out and replaced it.

PM me if you want it i can sort it out cheap for you. its orange too 8)


Sounds like a massive pump!
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Postby Snoozin » Sat Nov 13, 2010 4:34 pm

What size do you want? I work for a wholesaler...
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Postby touge_ae101 » Sat Nov 13, 2010 4:35 pm

smithers wrote:
touge_ae101 wrote:i can get you 50m of it if you want? had it running a pump down a bore but found a couple nicks in the insulation so pulled it out and replaced it.

PM me if you want it i can sort it out cheap for you. its orange too 8)


Sounds like a massive pump!


nah only a baby pump. that one only pumps bout 30litres/sec up a 60m bore....our big pumps pump about 100litres/sec up a 100m verticle cliff then about 2km to the irrigators. (they have powerlines plumbed straight into them though and require transformers :lol: )
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Postby sergei » Sat Nov 13, 2010 5:07 pm

Snoozin wrote:What size do you want? I work for a wholesaler...

35sqmm or 50sqmm depending on price...
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Postby XS1V » Sun Nov 14, 2010 9:50 am

BOC just down the road from you do it for a good price 8)

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Postby maddog » Sun Nov 14, 2010 5:55 pm

I work for an electrical wholesaler. We keep 35mm2 and 50mm2 orange welding flex in stock i'll check out a price if you want
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Postby Santa'sBoostinSleigh » Sun Nov 14, 2010 9:44 pm

ive got some huge stuff which will be overkill for my racecar - i really should downsize to 35mm2
i think it must be 50mm2 stuff
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