Well, I'm back at it......tonight it was Booster Cables!

[73k5blazer]

After a year sabbatical because of moving to a new project of a home, I'm back working on the K5. I got the whole garage all organized now and ready to work again, and, well, ok I didn't actually work on the K5 today, but I made an accessory for it (and my '97 K2500).
These are some sweet jumper cables. I have front and back winch connectors on both my 4x4's, and I ordered up the generic plastic housings and terminals and some 1ga bonded all copper fine strand cable, and made 2 sets of 30' cables. One end has the connector to plug to the front or back of my K5 or my K2500, and the other has some heavy guage clip connectors.
The only problem is these bastards are heavy!

 

[dremu]

Umm, yeah, 30' of 1AWG would weight a ton, yeah But jeebus, you won't have much voltage drop.

On a side note, what's the with the two receivers on the bumper (is that the rear of the K5?) and what's plugged into the top receiver?

-- A

 

[syclonekid43]

i been using those cables for years on all my plow trucks and shop trucks. best thing to use when i have to jump cars on the highway

 

[73k5blazer]

On a side note, what's the with the two receivers on the bumper (is that the rear of the K5?) and what's plugged into the top receiver?

You mean you don't have 2 receivers on your truck? I thought that was OEM? Hmm...I'll have to re-check my build sheets. Umm..yes, it is the rear of the K5.

No, Kert from DIY4x4 built the back bumper for me and I had him put the reciever in. In addition, I already had a class III hitch installed, it protects the old school 70's aftermarket gas tank (of which I still have yet to gauge it's true size, even though I bellieve I put close to 50gal in one day, it looks awful close to the 70's offered aftermarket 45gallon version by Hickey.) so I left it. And actually, it works out, because, I never *thought* about actually putting the winch and it's reciever mount in there during design phase, and it actually slightly blocks the bumper mounted elec. connector, so the lower one is nice so I don't have to rassle with the connector. Plus, towing from the high one, not so desireable. I plan to tow a 4-place enclosed snowmobile trailer with it. The thing in the high receiver is just a poor mans step put in vertically, for, umm..I don't know why it's that way, normally its in step configuration.hmm.....

Let's see, according to my little palm based conductor/voltage calculator, at 150amps 13.8 VDC, across 30' of 1awg stranded copper wire, I will see 542.54mV of drop, or 3.87%. Not too bad. If I see 150amps across those wires, there might be other issues with the target vehicle.

i been using those cables for years on all my plow trucks and shop trucks. best thing to use when i have to jump cars on the highway

Yep, that's where I got the idea years ago. Funny how long it takes to actually put your ideas and wishes to reality.

 

[xanthias]

What are the other connectors there on your access panel? How do you have your front and rear quick connects wired?

 

[73k5blazer]

The other connectors are 7pin trailer and air coupling.

The rear connector is wired, on the K5, with 2ga fine strand from the battery, it's 310c rated locomotive cable I found in an abandon suite next to our work, it was one of thier samples, $38/ft if you were to buy it. (This post, read post #7) It powers my 2 audio amps mounted back there as well as an 500w 120vac inverter. No, I wouldn't have the stereo blasting, the coffee maker plugged in and try to jump or winch something! The front connector is wired with GXL 2ga wire.