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1/0-AWG CCA Cable and Lug Kit

I bought this cable-and-lug package as another part of the van equipment collection. The bundled terminals distinguish it from the plain bulk cable purchases recorded elsewhere in the kit.

By Steven Smith · Camper Van Freedom

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The larger roof enclosure during my cable-entry work.
The larger roof enclosure during my cable-entry work.

The item in my kit

I bought 1/0-AWG CCA Cable and Lug Kit as part of my camper van equipment.

I bought this cable-and-lug package as another part of the van equipment collection. The bundled terminals distinguish it from the plain bulk cable purchases recorded elsewhere in the kit.

Where it fits my build

I brought the roof light wires and camera cables into a PVC conduit layout. That work included drilled enclosures, threaded fittings, cable glands, solder-seal splices and grouped wiring.

During the small-box stage, I drilled for a male PVC fitting and used a fitting inside as a retaining nut. I routed the camera cable through a gland into a tee and brought the light-wire groups toward the van entry.

A grouped roof-wire connection before the final conduit work.
A grouped roof-wire connection before the final conduit work.

My build notes

The wiring project was a sequence of individual connections and routes. The photographs show the intermediate stages, including open boxes and wrapped wire groups, before the remaining covers and conduit joints were finished.

I built the cable route a section at a time, bringing local connections into the larger conduit system.

Alternative products

Two alternatives to compare

GearIT offers another 1/0 CCA kit with its own cable lengths and termination parts, while TEMCo supplies a red pure-copper bulk cable in the same wire gauge.

GearIT 1/0-AWG CCA Cable Kit

GearIT 1/0-AWG CCA Cable Kit

This GearIT kit combines red and black 1/0-AWG copper-clad aluminum cable with lugs and heat-shrink tubing. The cable has translucent insulation around the stranded conductors.

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TEMCo 1/0-AWG Red Copper Cable

TEMCo 1/0-AWG Red Copper Cable

This bulk cable uses a stranded pure-copper conductor in a red jacket. The listed length provides material for making 1/0-AWG cable leads.

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Questions from my build

What connected the roof equipment to the van entry?

A PVC conduit layout with boxes, fittings and cable glands.

What did I do at the small junction box?

I drilled the box for a threaded PVC fitting and arranged the light-wire connections inside that part of the route.

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