{"product_id":"sea-dog-6-awg-green-tinned-battery-cable-100-ft-spool","title":"Sea-Dog 6 AWG Green Tinned Copper Battery Cable, 100 Foot Spool","description":"\u003cp class=\"nvn-hero\"\u003eSea-Dog's 6 AWG green tinned copper battery cable comes on a full 100-foot spool for high-current DC work. Stranded for tight bends, tinned against salt-air corrosion, and printed with both UL and ABYC marks so it passes survey. The heavy wire you run between your batteries and everything that leans on them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"nvn-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is Sea-Dog's 6 AWG battery cable, a full 100-foot spool of green, tinned copper conductor built for the kind of high-current DC work that keeps a boat running. Think battery bank interconnects, inverter feeds, windlass runs, and heavy ground returns. It's stranded, not solid, so it bends around bulkheads and down into tight bilge corners without fighting you the whole way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe tinning is the part that matters most out here. Bare copper looks fine the day you install it, then the salt air and the damp under the sole go to work, and a year later you've got green corrosion creeping up under the insulation. Every strand of this cable is tinned, so it shrugs off that moisture far longer than bare wire ever could. It's the difference between a connection you make once and a connection you're back chasing next season.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSix gauge is the sweet spot for a lot of mid-size rigs. On a 30 to 40 foot powerboat, boaters reach for 6 AWG tinned green all the time as the negative return for the house bank and the bigger DC loads. It carries serious amperage on short to medium runs without getting warm, and the 100-foot spool gives you enough to do a full section of the boat off one roll instead of splicing lengths together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA word on planning your runs. A 100-foot spool sounds like a lot until you start pulling it through a real boat, so measure everything before you cut. There's not a ton of waste margin once you commit. If you're feeding something thirsty a long way from the bank, like a bow thruster up at the stem, keep an eye on voltage drop over that distance. On runs past about 20 feet a lot of folks step up to a heavier gauge to keep the drop in check. For most house-side and battery work under that length, 6 AWG does the job cleanly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHandling off the spool is easy enough with two people. One feeds, one pulls. The stranded core stays flexible in cold weather too, so a spring recommission down in a chilly bilge doesn't leave you wrestling stiff wire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTerminating this cable right is non-negotiable. Use a proper hydraulic or ratcheting crimper on your lugs. Hand-squeezing a lug onto 6 gauge leaves the strands loose, and a loose crimp on a battery feed builds heat exactly where you don't want it, at a windlass connection or an inverter terminal. And even though the copper is tinned, seal every terminated end with adhesive-lined heat shrink. Tinning slows corrosion, it doesn't stop water from wicking into an open end. Seal it and forget it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe green jacket follows the common US convention for DC negative and ground, so it keeps your wiring legible to the next person who opens the panel. Do yourself and your surveyor a favor and don't mix green in as a positive conductor. Keep colors doing their job.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth the UL and ABYC marks are printed on the jacket, which is what inspectors want to see on a new build or a survey. Worth knowing though, the certification is on the wire, not on your workmanship. A surveyor will still look hard at your crimps and your chafe protection, so run the cable in loom or add grommets anywhere it passes through a bulkhead. Stranded cable takes a tight bend better than solid, but it'll still chafe through if it's rubbing bare on a fiberglass edge trip after trip.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWho's this for? Anyone rewiring a DC system the right way, from a sailor cleaning up a rat's nest in the bilge to a powerboat owner adding an inverter or a second battery bank. It's not the cable for your small signal and lighting circuits, that's lighter gauge work. This is the heavy stuff, the runs that move real current, and it's the grade of wire you want feeding everything downstream of the batteries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eKey Features\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"nvn-features\"\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e6 AWG (6 gauge) conductor sized for high-current DC runs, battery banks, inverters, windlasses, and heavy ground returns\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eTinned copper strands resist salt-air and bilge corrosion far longer than bare copper\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eStranded construction bends around bulkheads and tight bilge corners without kinking\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e100-foot spool covers a full rewire section or several long runs off one roll\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eGreen jacket follows the common US convention for DC negative and ground\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eUL and ABYC marks printed on the jacket for new-build and survey inspection\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eFlexible in cold weather, so spring recommissioning in a chilly bilge stays easy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"nvn-trust\"\u003e\n  \u003ch2\u003eWhy Buy from NVN Marine\u003c\/h2\u003e\n  \u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eAuthorized Sea-Dog reseller, full manufacturer warranty\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eNMEA member and ABYC certified, advice from real boat techs\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eSame-day shipping before 3 PM ET on in-stock items\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eNY headquarters and Fort Lauderdale flagship retail store\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eFrequently Asked Questions\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"nvn-faq\"\u003e\n  \u003cdetails\u003e\n    \u003csummary\u003eIs this wire solid or stranded?\u003c\/summary\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003eIt's stranded. The multiple fine strands let it bend around bulkheads and down into tight bilge corners without kinking, which is exactly what you want for battery and DC runs on a boat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/details\u003e\n  \u003cdetails\u003e\n    \u003csummary\u003eWhat gauge is the conductor?\u003c\/summary\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e6 AWG, also written as 6 gauge. It's sized for high-current DC work like battery bank interconnects, inverter feeds, and windlass runs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/details\u003e\n  \u003cdetails\u003e\n    \u003csummary\u003eIs the copper tinned?\u003c\/summary\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003eYes. Every strand is tinned copper, so it resists the corrosion that eats bare copper in salt air and damp bilges. It still pays to seal your terminated ends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/details\u003e\n  \u003cdetails\u003e\n    \u003csummary\u003eHow long is the spool?\u003c\/summary\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e100 feet on one spool. Measure your runs before you cut, because there isn't a big waste margin once you commit the roll.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/details\u003e\n  \u003cdetails\u003e\n    \u003csummary\u003eWhy is the jacket green?\u003c\/summary\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003eGreen is the common US convention for DC negative and ground wiring. Keeping it green makes your system legible to the next person who opens the panel, so don't use it as a positive conductor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/details\u003e\n  \u003cdetails\u003e\n    \u003csummary\u003eIs it UL and ABYC certified?\u003c\/summary\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003eYes, both marks are printed on the jacket, which is what inspectors look for on a new build or a survey. Keep in mind the certification covers the wire, not your crimps, so a surveyor still checks your workmanship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/details\u003e\n  \u003cdetails\u003e\n    \u003csummary\u003eCan I crimp lugs on with hand tools?\u003c\/summary\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003eUse a proper hydraulic or ratcheting crimper. Hand-squeezing a lug onto 6 gauge leaves the strands loose, and a loose crimp on a battery feed builds heat right where you don't want it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/details\u003e\n  \u003cdetails\u003e\n    \u003csummary\u003eDo I still need to seal the ends if the copper is tinned?\u003c\/summary\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003eYes. Tinning slows corrosion but it won't stop water from wicking into an open end. Seal every terminated end with adhesive-lined heat shrink.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/details\u003e\n  \u003cdetails\u003e\n    \u003csummary\u003eWill 6 AWG handle a long run to a bow thruster?\u003c\/summary\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003eWatch the voltage drop. On runs past about 20 feet many boaters step up to a heavier gauge to keep the drop in check. For most house-side and battery work under that length, 6 AWG does the job cleanly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/details\u003e\n  \u003cdetails\u003e\n    \u003csummary\u003eWhat fuse should I pair with battery cable this size?\u003c\/summary\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003eOn battery banks, boaters typically pair heavy cable with ANL or Class T fuse holders rather than small blade-style holders at high amperage. 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