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brucepick · 04-07-2012, 08:14 PM

Yeah, it's not a quick project, and not inexpensive either.

The battery and charger are only part of the cost - you also need to add in about 60' of heavy cable (I used all 4 ga except one run is 6 ga) and three switches plus a couple fuses. A friend sold me about 20' of 4 ga he didn't need any more; saved me a small bundle of $$ but that didn't make it a low cost project by any means.

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