On (18 Nov 97) Roy J. Tellason wrote to Ian Woofenden...
 IW> You subscribe to _Home Power_ magazine, I hope!
 RJ> Nope.  I don't subscribe to *any* magazines at this point in
 RJ> time, unfortunately...
Then it would probably be the best $22 you'd spend this year...
 RJ> Got some stuff in the mail yesterday regarding inverters,
 RJ> thanks to a post in here.  
Trace?
 RJ> I recall typical battery-to-starter cables being either 4 or 6
 RJ> gauge, and the wire from the alternator something like 10,
 RJ> maybe.
Sounds mighty small to me, but maybe I've just been under the hood
of my '51 International too long. :) Just having it converted to 12
volts, which is like moving into the 21st century.
Anyway, big wires are for big currents, and running a forklift at
low voltage takes lots of amps.
                        Ian
... BTW, FWIW, IMHO, yes.  OTOH, maybe not.  TTYL.                            
 
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