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To get the new trolling motor’s power lead to the midships battery on the family sloop requires extending it about eight feet with six gauge wire, according to the manual. I got the wire at Lowe’s easy enough. but then the fun began. Lowe’s doesn’t sell six gauge insulated ring terminals to attach the wire to the battery. Actually to the circuit breaker, at least for the positive wire. The negative can go directly to the battery. Why in the world would they sell the wire but not the terminals to use it? Home Depot? Nope. A contractor friend suggested Nunn’s Electric Supply here in Austin. They didn’t have six gauge terminals either. They suggested Grainger industrial supply. They had them, alright, but couldn’t sell me any smaller amount than a box of twenty. So now I’m fixed for long-term electrical work–as long as I use six gauge wire.