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nkaminar · 07-20-2023, 07:45 PM

Heavy flexible cables are available for welding and at marine supply stores. The marine stores also have reliable heavy duty battery cutoff switches. You will have to swedge the ends to the cables yourself. Tools are available to loan at the marine supply stores. The cable ends are also available at the marine supply stores. $$$

MilwaukeeMike · 07-20-2023, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Phil Brown

Interesting, never seen one like that

I got it at the local Farm and Fleet. Any store catering to farms should have one.

old31 · 07-21-2023, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by MilwaukeeMike

They make a longer ground strap with additional holes. They really help.

Now that's a ground strap. Where did you purchase it. Do you have a part number?

alexiskai · 07-21-2023, 09:23 AM

https://www.farmandfleet.com/product...und-strap.html

Farm & Fleet of course is a regional chain. I looked at TSC and Rural King but neither of them carry a multi-point ground strap.

This type of strap was OE on early '60s Corvairs, so you can buy it from a couple of Corvair parts dealers:
https://californiacorvairparts.com/b...p-1961-64.html

Other than that I couldn't really find any examples, and it doesn't seem to be true that "any store catering to farms should have one."

MilwaukeeMike · 07-21-2023, 10:51 PM

OK. I guess it was a few years ago when I bought it. The marketplace seems to have changed. You can try a two-cable option with the same results. Just bolt the ends together at the frame.

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nkaminar Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Western North Carolina Posts: 3,910	Re: Battery Disconnect Switch Heavy flexible cables are available for welding and at marine supply stores. The marine stores also have reliable heavy duty battery cutoff switches. You will have to swedge the ends to the cables yourself. Tools are available to loan at the marine supply stores. The cable ends are also available at the marine supply stores. $$$ __________________ A is for apple, green as the sky. Step on the gas, for tomorrow I die. Forget the brakes, they really don't work. The clutch always sticks, and starts with a jerk. My car grows red hair, and flies through the air. Driving's a blast, a blast from the past.

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alexiskai Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Mebane NC Posts: 2,361	Re: Battery Disconnect Switch https://www.farmandfleet.com/product...und-strap.html Farm & Fleet of course is a regional chain. I looked at TSC and Rural King but neither of them carry a multi-point ground strap. This type of strap was OE on early '60s Corvairs, so you can buy it from a couple of Corvair parts dealers: https://californiacorvairparts.com/b...p-1961-64.html Other than that I couldn't really find any examples, and it doesn't seem to be true that "any store catering to farms should have one." Last edited by alexiskai; 07-21-2023 at 09:38 AM.