TVR Specific Jump Leads

[PTOTY]

Anybody ever thought of making up some TVR jump/charger leads??

I have seen the ones on Leven's site but it's bloody expensive for a £4.99 Anderson plug and some Jump cable.

I think I may have a go at putting some together, see how difficult it is and put a factsheet up on here.

Anybody already had a go????

I'm fed up of paying through the nose for anything TVR related....everything's bespoke and impossible to buy direct...something needs to change and the sooner the parts hit the open marketplace for the S6 cars the better.....and yes I have seen the web sites but there aint many parts on them yet.

[samnorthy]

I have just ordered an Anderson plug (175Amp) and a set of 200Amp jump leads. Will be really easy to make them up (will do a nice job with heat shrink).
I recon it will cost me no more than £15 to make a set clap.

Links:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GENUINE-ANDERSO

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/JUMP-LEADS-200A

No need to pay through the roof prices

[david godfrey]

not seen one before, but it looks supprisingly like the UPS battery conenctions i have in work, guess I'm going to have to look tomorow.....

[rfisher]

Some guy on Ebay buys cheap and nasty jump leads and anderson connectors then sells 'TVR jump leads' for about £30 a set and lots of people buy them!

If you look in his feedback you can see feedback from the sellers he bought the parts from!

FFS.

[PTOTY]

rfisher said:

Some guy on Ebay buys cheap and nasty jump leads and anderson connectors then sells 'TVR jump leads' for about £30 a set and lots of people buy them!

If you look in his feedback you can see feedback from the sellers he bought the parts from!

FFS.

Is this a positive or negative comment?

I assume from "cheap and nasty" that it's derogatory? Or are you trying to help by pointing me in the right direction, or indeed steer me away from something that may not work and will cause problems??

Either way, thanks! I like this helpful community

[Fly Boy]

Sam
please report back when the plug arrives in the post.
ie does it fit???

Cheers
FB

[rfisher]

Hi PTOTY.

I made my own set using good quality thick leads and an Anderson connector and I think it's well worth doing.

My comments were mainly to illustrate the fact that poor quality leads can be found on Ebay and people buy them so don't do that.

If that makes any sense.

[PTOTY]

Thanks for the clarity.

I will steer clear from the Ebay items and have a go myself.

Cheers

Ben

[scotty1]

PTOTY said:

Thanks for the clarity.

I will steer clear from the Ebay items and have a go myself.

Cheers

Ben

I made my own for £15 quid also, I bought a nice set of leads for about £12 and the anderson plug, chopped the ends off and clamped the ends with a decent pair of plierscrimpers, I am with you some of the prices for parts just because they are for a TVR is a joke, especially when you consider most of the bloody parts are off of old motors...

[tamore]

i have some really good jump leads with one of the clamps damaged. these are now ideal to turn into a TVR jump lead set, so bought an anderson connector. is clamping the connections good enough, or will they need to be braised/ soldered/ welded on?

Edited by tamore on Tuesday 30th January 10:15

[scotty1]

tamore said:

i have some really good jump leads with one of the clamps damaged. these are now ideal to turn into a TVR jump lead set, so bought an anderson connector. is clamping the connections good enough, or will they need to be braised/ soldered/ welded on?

Edited by tamore on Tuesday 30th January 10:15

I found as long as the lead is thick enough so the anderson connector has something to clamp to its fairly solid, an extra squeeze in a vice does the trick

[richb]

Am I being daft or does the Anderson connector have a male and female half? Presumably you need to permanently fix the female half to the battery posts and the male half to your batter charger?

[scotty1]

richb said:

Am I being daft or does the Anderson connector have a male and female half? Presumably you need to permanently fix the female half to the battery posts and the male half to your batter charger?

My answer if I understand your qs correctly:-

One half is already attached to the car behind battery compartment under the car, I bought the other half (cant remember which male or female) and connected that to a set of jump leads. Obviously to charge the battery as apposed to jump starting you could just attach your battery charger to the jump leads. I have to say I am reluctant to do this in case there is a spike of power that passes through the charger and battery burning out the car electrics, probably paranoid and I am sure the accumate chargers have safe guards or something...

[PTOTY]

IIRC the beauty of the Anderson connector for use in the automotive industry is that it has no Male/Female types and cannot be connected wrongly. Only thing you have to do is get the right size and amperage. They are colour coded for ease. The Anderson Connector used by TVR was (note past tense!) the grey two pole 175A connector. About £4.99 from RS or eBay.