New leads for the old AC-225S

[nikdfish]

I picked up an old Lincoln AC-225-S a while back & been using it for a few small projects. I have finally gotten around to replacing what appeared the original leads. I had (re-)patched them in multiple places with self-fusing tape w/an over-wrap of vinyl tape before using it but the old stuff really needed replacing. I picked up new lead wire from WeldingSupply.com. I went with 4 AWG as that appeared to be what was there originally & each lead is only about 18'. I also decided to do a small upgrade & added Dinse style panel connect sockets, with mating connectors on the leads. The Dinse connectors came from Amazon.com. If I need heavier/longer leads, with the disconnects it will be easy to do a swap out.

While I had it open, I dosed the switch contacts with DeoxIT-D contact cleaner & worked the switch around all positions a few times to help clean & lube them up a bit.

 

[groundcover]

Nice looking upgrade ! Had to open mine up a few years ago and lube the fan as it was starting to get noisy.

 

[Tractorguy24]

Nice upgrade!
How much did you pay for the leads

 

[nikdfish]

I bought 40' of 4 awg at weldingsupply.com for $0.80/ft & 8 L-26 lugs for $0.75 each (I reserved about 4' of cable & 4 lugs for doing a battery disconnect on the little gator). Shipping was $17.47 & the packge arrived in 2 days. The DKZ10-25 200A Euro Style Cable Connectors were $6.99/set (male cord + female panel) on Amazon.