Will this work with a heavy gauge wire? Like 8 gauge? I want to use this as an on/off for a trolling motor, so its 12 volts of current but high amps
858634
That would be A BAD choice. If you were to wire it to a relay as pilot duty, would work fine...
858635
I don't know the amperage rating of this switch. But I lnow you'll never attach an 8 guage wire to it.
858636
If desperate enough you can rig any wire to any switch, but this is a little thing and you would soon fry the tiny contacts inside if you were using it to control a circuit that drew so much power as to need 8 ga wire. Do what Roland S. says. Look up Bosch relays.
363380
Should work perfectly fine with 2 gauge wire. They were a little tight with monster 0 gauge, which is a little oversized, but the allen bolts go all the way inside which should 2 gauge wire with no issues.
1503960
don't see the wire gauge in product specs but it appears to be heavy gauge and it is rated at 15A so can handle pretty good load. regards,
2203339
Jaco, I've never put a meter on my trolling motor circuit under load, but I can tell you that a 55 lb thrust trolling motor under great duress (weeds, bottoming out, etc.) has yet to trip this breaker. I would be confident with the voltage and amperage you mentioned for both tripping when it needs to and not tripping when it doesn't.
2228489
I would use 6 gauge stranded copper wire as you don't want any more than 3% voltage drop. If operating at the high end of the 600 watt, 4 gauge would even be better. You're actually better off positioning the inverter closer to the battery source and running an extension cord from the inverter to the usage area.
1243303
Personally I would use 18 gauge wire, your load is less than 3 amps. 18 Ga wire is over engineered for the load and it has mechanical strength.
2065522
i wouldnt personally use 10 gauge for an amp of this size, but if your run isnt more than 5-8 feet and only for a day it wont kill it
1243323
I put it on a dedicated 20 amp circuit with 12/3. That meets code in our area of Missouri. If you had an exceptionally long run you may want to consider a heavier gauge.
38317
I used 16 gage and my system sounds fine. The thicker the wire is, the better. But I think 16 gage is fine for most applications.
1842437
Hi,We used 16 gauge wire. It works fine for us. Not sure that's the proper gauge but that's what we've used on all our fence chargers.
658420
Glad to help. This kit is great. Comes in very handy when needed. However, I believe #8 gauge is the largest wire it can be used on.
35590
I personly ran two 10 guage wires based on what I was connecting. it is rated for up to 100 amps on a standard 20' foot run of wire from the batteries to the fuse block You could go a single number 8 or even a number 6 cable run. there is a stud terminal connection so you can fit just about anything on it with a ring connector on the end.Good luck.
1041714
Unfortunately it will not. It is designed to run deer feeders and I use it to run my fish finder and GPS unit on my kayak. It would not provide enough amps to run a troll motor and would run out of power almost immediately. It is designed more so for low amp uses as I cited above.
2282922
Yes, 4 gauge will work. I sell these amps and install them, nice amp. your speaker wire should be no less than 12 gauge...
892429
Yes, it would work. 16 gauge wire is thicker than 18 gauge; so, it is better for higher current (like your 1,100 watt iron).
2098144
18 gauge wire is what we used and it works just perfect. Hope this helps you with your decision.
721890
You mean watts? This wire should be fine for a few hundred watts. If you were going closer to 500w you would want 10 gauge maybe 8