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GearIT 4-AWG CCA Cable

The GearIT set is one of the distinctly identified cable purchases in my build kit. Keeping its CCA construction in the item record makes it easy to distinguish from the pure-copper cable purchases.

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 GearIT 4-AWG CCA Cable as part of my camper van equipment.

The GearIT set is one of the distinctly identified cable purchases in my build kit. Keeping its CCA construction in the item record makes it easy to distinguish from the pure-copper cable purchases.

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

WindyNation and TEMCo provide 4-AWG pure-copper cable alternatives, with different supplied lengths from the GearIT CCA set.

WindyNation 4-AWG Copper Cable

WindyNation 4-AWG Copper Cable

This set provides red and black lengths of stranded 4-AWG copper cable. The bulk cable is supplied for making individual leads.

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TEMCo 4-AWG Red and Black Copper Cable

TEMCo 4-AWG Red and Black Copper Cable

This set provides five-foot red and black lengths of 4-AWG copper cable. Flexible stranded conductors sit inside the insulated jackets.

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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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