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Old 09-09-2020, 05:07 AM
Xcomunic8d Xcomunic8d is offline
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Using welding wire will certainly work...in the beginning. I notice you are in Florida, and the salt air will quickly corrode untinned welding wire. It is more flexible because it has smaller strans and more of them than tinned battery cable. I predict you will soon have the same problems ( maybe a year or two). I would spend the money and buy the correct size tinned wire (Been there and done it, and have the T shirt and tow bill using welding wire).
This👆I was thinking same thing. Corrosion is a real issue here in Hawaii too. I just ripped welding wire out of some outboards. It was cracked, dry rotten, and missing insulation on a piece. It’ll work for testing but I’d do it right. The tin is there for a reason.
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