3rd Place Winner – 2/0 Welding Cable For RV Battery Cable - RV-Dreams Community Forum

Lonney Wade · RV-Dreams Family Member

3rd Place Winner – 2/0 Welding Cable For RV Battery Cable

WestWardHo · RV-Dreams Family Member

Good Job! I'm impressed.

Sherry

Lonney Wade · RV-Dreams Family Member

Thank you Sherry, I was going to put it on the market to sell but it was a lot of work and money to build, I'm scratching my head on this one.
Just looking for when we go on the road to bring in some income, I enjoy doing these things like building battery cables, generator extension cords, troubleshooting electrical problems in RV campers AC or DC volts, I may look into installing solar panels on the road when I finish my own system.
I just need to find my happy place if you know what I mean.
There is ways to make money on the road, just need to find mine.
I don't need to do this but I like to stay busy.

Lonney

Jack Mayer · RV-Dreams Family Member

Lonney, there is a real need for someone that can do mobile electrical and solar installs. I did it for many years but stopped. The ability to do a QUALITY job is very lacking out there. Quality work costs a little extra. There are people willing to pay that "little" extra, but you will run into far more that are looking for "bargain" work. My advice is to decline this work. Not only is there little satisfaction and margin in such work, but many (if not more than half) of the people that fall into this category are inclined to think they know all the answers and will cause you no end of grief.

Lonney Wade · RV-Dreams Family Member

Thanks Jack for the good input, I really appreciate it.
They say RVs are the nicest people you will ever find anywhere (Period)....!!!! They say that is because they don't have the stress in their life from jobs in their life anymore, this is what I need, I want, I must have, that is my goal in life for right now, when this happens I will move on to something else LOL....!!!!

Lonney

DebbieM · RV-Dreams Family Member

Congratulations Lonney!!

Lonney Wade · RV-Dreams Family Member

Thank you very much....!!!! Debbi.
Next time I will try harder to get first place LOL....!!!!

Lonney

Bill and Linda · RV-Dreams Family Member

Lonney:

That is a nice, quality “home brew” installation. Very nice indeed. Jack’s comments are, unfortunately, more correct than not. Many times what something is actually worth is just not what some want or can afford to pay for it.

Having built these systems from scratch I know how long it takes to custom up some of the cables and do the routing properly. If you don’t have the proper crimping tools and a good supply of lugs it can be a very difficult job. Having those tools and supplies can be a lot of investment. I had access to a complete electrical shop including a $7,500 crimping tool and die set. If I had to do all this manually it would have been even more difficult. That’s why I appreciate your work.

Bill

Excuse the typo. Don't you just love spell correct?

-- Edited by Bill and Linda on Tuesday 27th of May 2014 07:58:00 PM

Lonney Wade · RV-Dreams Family Member

Thank you Bill, That was a very nice complement.
In my workshop I have a chair I bring out and sit down, just look out and in my mind I build things, I'm very good at this, put some ideas on paper then I start to build, I guess I'm hard on myself to build quality things but it just works for me.
I hope I'm not alone and not the only one that does this.
My goal is to be the best I can be and don't build crap, that's all I ask of myself.

Lonney

TRAILERKING · RV-Dreams Family Member

Yeah Lonney I do a lot of stuff with welding cable. More flexible, better quality, nicer to work with, and better end result.
Oh, and Bill......................You shouldn't call him Looney.

Lonney Wade · RV-Dreams Family Member

Trailerking, Ha Ha.
I have had this all my life, I'm use to it.

(Lonney) smile

el Rojo and Pam · RV-Dreams Family Member

That's cool. Looks like an alternator on the right side of the picture. Do you have more pics of the generator?

I love to see a job well done.

Red

Lonney Wade · RV-Dreams Family Member

Thank you Red, it's a Leece Neville 24 volt with a external voltage regulator, I set it right now for 15 volts, don't set it that high on wet cell batteries, it would boil them away. I have agm batteries that's as high as you should go. Volts in batteries is pressure believe it or not, some is lost in the 2/0 size cable, 2/0 cable is 5/8 diameter with 3300 strands of wire. I read the volts at the charger and at the battery bank.
It takes a lot of torque to turn this baby at 8000 rpms.
Look at my pictures on this site.

http://www.rvillage.com/profile/2181

Lonney

Terry and Jo · RV-Dreams Family Member

Lonney,

Just for informational purposes, with your link, one needs to be registered with RV Village. If one isn't registered with them, one can't see the photos.

Terry

Lonney Wade · RV-Dreams Family Member

Thanks Terry.

I knew you would say that, LOL....!!!!

Lonney

-- Edited by Lonney Wade on Wednesday 28th of May 2014 10:21:37 PM