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Ground wires generally don't need to be as heavy a gauge wire as the hot lead. Current only needs to "sense" ground so it "knows" which direction to go, otherwise it sits in storage (battery, capacitor) waiting. I found it very interesting that the 30 (THIRTY) amp-rated (might be higher, but...

My local ACE hardware store has those trays full of nuts/bolts and doodads like you see at Tractor Supply and other, similar, stores. Poking around one day I discovered they had ALUMINUM screws/nuts/bolts in a couple trays. I've since used some of them to make better grounds with the body...

It's those metric ones that really throw me. Any rhyme or reason to this? And thanks for that, could've used it about a year ago. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I meant to make a note of that but didn't. The wire seems to be of a very high-quality silicone ignition wire, about 12 gauge. Considering the environment it'll be in I opted for soldering the wire to the connectors with silver-bearing solder. No room for water to get in/corrosion to start...

Just wanted to post a personal thanks after doing this today. I did a cut and paste of your photos to my iPhone to reference while I was doing the job, only the last one hung me up. Took me a while to figure out the picture is from UNDERNEATH the truck (says truck on my title). I used some...