Anderson lead

 Hi all have had a bit of a stuff up on my boat and my lead from the battery to my cray winch needs replacing.  It needs to be about 1.7m long with round 10mm I think terminals on 1 end and Anderson plug on other. I don't have the crimping tool and probably not worth buying for 1 lead. Just wondering where is best to get one from. I can always go back to where I got the winch just trying to avoid the drive down to safety bay.

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 Got an autosparkie near you?

Sun, 2025-07-27 11:11

 Got an autosparkie near you?

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 Battery Mart (and I'm sure

Sun, 2025-07-27 12:18

 Battery Mart (and I'm sure others as well) will make it up for you, just take them the old old one to copy

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Battery terminals

Sun, 2025-07-27 14:33

 Bunnings carry all that still. Crimper as well as terminal. Better soldering them if you can.

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Mon, 2025-07-28 11:22

  Not sure if thats correct or not, very difficult soldering large cables especially if not crimped prior and the heat involved damages the insulation.

Crimping then sealing with glue lined shrink would be the preferred way wouldn't it?

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Flood solder

Mon, 2025-07-28 11:48

 Have seen a few videos where they simply heat the metal connector that goes inside an Anderson in a vice or clamp, then fill is up at least half way by melting the solder into it. After that they just plubge the wire into the molten solder and let cool the reinsert the connector back into the plastic Anderson plug. Looks like a solid way to do it.

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 Professional guys pretty

Mon, 2025-07-28 13:05

 Professional guys pretty much only use crimp stuff these days. I think its alot better in terms of corrosion over time.

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 Reefsta, I was referring to

Tue, 2025-07-29 05:54

 Reefsta, I was referring to the lug rather than the Anderson

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 Found out one of my

Mon, 2025-07-28 13:07

 Found out one of my customers at work has everything I need . Just going to give him the old one to copy the fittings and length

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hydraulic+crimper

Mon, 2025-07-28 17:28

e/bay : got this years ago work fine. $29.oo

Hydraulic Tool 8 Ton 4mm-70mm Terminal Crimper Cable Wire Force Tool Kit 8 Dies

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 I've been using that exact

Tue, 2025-07-29 22:00

 I've been using that exact crimper the last two days, best tool I've had so far to crimp. You need three hands when your in the boat tho!

 

 

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