Reddit reviews Spartan Power 4 AWG Battery Cable Four Gauge Wire Set Made in America Positive & Negative Cables Great for inverters, Marine, Solar, RV (1 Foot / 12 inch)
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MADE IN THE USA - Lifetime Crimp Warranty! We believe these are the best 4 AWG battery cables on the market today, if you ever experience a crimp failure, Spartan Power will gladly repair or replace your cables for free!Each COPPER battery cable set is professionally cut, crimped and heat shrunk with the utmost quality & precision in beautiful Reno, NV!DID YOU KNOW?: Spartan Power also makes their 4 AWG cable sets with alligator clamps on one end? Search for Spartan Power AlligatorDON'T NEED A SET? Need a longer red or black solo single cable? For example search Amazon for: Black Single 4 AWG Battery Cable by Spartan PowerIncludes one red 4 gauge and one black 4 gauge cable with 5/16" lugs preassembled on both ends. Beveled, seamless tubular, tin plated PANDUIT (USA) copper lugs for superior corrosion and oxidation resistance. BUY AMERICAN!
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Should be about $750 for lots of runtime, and compatible with any pump that uses 120VAC. The only open question I have is whether the eyeletts on the battery terminals are 3/8" or 5/16" so I know which wiring set to buy. I emailed the company and waiting for a response.
I used this guide to figure out what I wanted to do - https://www.tripplite.com/support/how-to-select-and-install-inverter-charger-for-sump-pump
EDIT: wow thanks for the gold, kind Internet stranger!
This is a cool little website that helps to design solar systems and battery banks. Since you have 12V batteries and a 12V inverter, you'll need to wire the batteries in parallel, this will add their capacities and keep the voltage the same. When wiring these together it is important to keep the wire length between batteries the same, this is because there is resistance in the wire, so if one battery wire has more resistance than another, then it will draw a bit more power to equal the other battery and over time this can cause issues. This website explains the wiring issues and shows a little diagram of how you should wire your four batteries for your specific case.
So you can use the first website to show how the battery bank should be wired, and use the second website to see how to correctly wire it. Buying wires like this will mean they're already at the same length, but you may only need 8awg or 6awg wire for your purposes (look at wire gage sizing charts). For my two-battery bank I'll be crimping my own connectors onto wire from the hardware store that I cut into equal lengths, usually a cheaper option is to just make your own sets. A forum about a guy asking about battery wiring.
Fusing is also important, you don't want an accidental short happening in your inverter and your 6Kwh battery bank dumping hundreds of amps into it. Again there are many websites offering advice, this one is what I based my fusing off from, I'm only using one solar panel though so I'm only needing one fuse for that. Smaller ones for the solar panels and bigger ones for the batteries and to the inverter I believe the best way is to fuse each battery and then fuse the entire bank as well 5 fuses total). Slow-burn fuses are recommended.
Basically I would say use www.Google.com as a strong resource and post further questions you might have that you can't find the answers to (or can't find simple answers to).