Boat battery cables, like many electrical conductors, are made of copper, but there’s something unique about them that helps protect them from the environments in which they operate. Whether you’ve done your own marine wiring or simply perused marine grade battery cables at an electrical depot, you’ll probably have noticed that they appear silver.…

Electrical wire and cable are often qualified according to special traits that make them suitable for their intended applications. For example, marine battery cable is extra flexible and resistant to corrosion. Photovoltaic, or PV cable, must be resistant to the elements and specifically resistant to UV light. Otherwise, they would not be well-designed for their intended purposes. AWG fire alarm cables are no different.…