LCAM-01XA
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You are confused. Here's how you should wire it:I dont understand how you can fit a 6g or so on that tiny little terminal though lol
1) run your 3/0 (or two 2/0s or whatever) from the battery down to the starter directly, this is your starter's power feed.
2) the starter has two terminals, the one you just used and the trigger for its built-in solenoid - run a 6-gauge cable from said trigger terminal up to one of the BIG posts on your relay on the fender.
3) run another 6-gauge cable from the other BIG post on the relay over to the battery.
4) run a small wire from your "start" pushbutton to the respective SMALL post on the relay.
The way it works is your pushbutton triggers the fender relay, which in its turn sends juice down the 6-gauge cable to trigger the starter's built-in solenoid, which in its turn makes the starter use the 3/0 cable to spin the engine. It's a cascaded relay system, you use small current to trigger a medium-sized relay (in this case the fender relay) to supply the increased trigger juice a high-power relay (in this case the starter solenoid) requires to activate its load circuit. Then the high-power relay (solenoid) powers up its load circuit via its own heavy gauge cabling (the 3/0 from the battery).
Does it make more sense now?