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Originally Posted by DDW
1/0 seems kind of small for starter cables, even on a small engine. The 2 liter engine on my sailboat is wired with 2/0, the 5.9 liter engine on the powerboat is wired with 4/0 for the start circuit.
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Interesting re wire sizes. This boat has had the 38mm / 1/0 AWG wire since '84. Our sailboat had 1/0 for its Yanmar 3GM30 and the house bank but the wire size dated (at least) from when the PO had a 100 amp Balmar alternator installed. This boat has the same size house bank as the sailboat(!).