Commercial & HGV
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Anderson connectors are a current-rated standard, not a brand-specific fitting — the same SB175 grey plug is used across the whole tail lift industry regardless of who made your lift. Our leads are commonly used with:
Anteo, Bar Cargolift, Dautel, Del Equipment, Dhollandia, Elefantcar, HACO, Maxon, MBB Palfinger, PLS (Passenger Lift Systems), Ratcliff Palfinger, Ricon, Ross & Bonnyman, RSG (Ray Smith Group) and Zepro.
Not sure which one you need? Simply check your existing plug's size and colour — most HGV and tail lifts use grey 175A connectors and cables, which you can select from the products below.
Short answer: the cable and connector are almost never the weak link. The real question is whether your vehicle's charging system and battery can keep up. Expand the section that matches how you're using the lead.
A 175A grey Anderson connector and 35mm² cable comfortably out-spec the roughly 30A continuous (50A peak) that tail lift charging circuits actually draw, per European Tail Lift Manufacturers' Association guidance. So the lead itself is rarely the limiting factor.
How the power is wired varies by vehicle: some lifts run direct off the main vehicle battery, while trailer-mounted lifts often carry their own auxiliary battery, kept topped up via a split-charge relay, alternator feed, or dedicated charger. Your Anderson-to-Anderson lead recharges that auxiliary battery when connected, rather than powering the lift motor directly.
The real risk is battery drain, not cable capacity — heavy lift use on a direct-wired setup can flatten your starter battery. Before ordering, check: which setup you have, that both plug ends match in size and colour (175A grey is standard; some smaller electric lifts use 50A grey instead), and that polarity is correct if you're using the ring-terminal end — we always wire red to positive and black to negative, but not every supplier does, so check before connecting. If your battery's struggling to hold charge, that's a job for a qualified auto-electrician, not something the cable spec alone will tell you.
Inverter setups vary more than tail lifts, so it's worth a quick sum. Find your inverter's continuous wattage, not peak/surge, then convert to amps: Amps = Watts ÷ Volts. A 2,000W inverter draws roughly 167A on 12V but only around 83A on 24V — most HGVs run 24V, giving far more headroom than the same inverter would have in a van or car.
Check the appliance you're actually running too — a “900W” microwave can pull 1,300–1,500W at the plug once its efficiency loss is accounted for, so go by the rating plate, not the cooking wattage. A 175A-rated Anderson lead on 35mm² cable comfortably covers the vast majority of single-inverter setups on a 24V truck. If your sums are pushing close to that — very large inverters, or 12V systems — check the recommended cable size with your inverter supplier rather than assuming a generic lead will do.
Truck manufacturers publish their own “bodybuilder” electrical guides for exactly this situation. Scania's, for example, specifies a connection point rated up to 90A for lower-current equipment and a separate chassis point permitted up to 250A for higher-current needs, and explicitly tells installers to verify available capacity before adding equipment. Volvo, DAF, MAN and Mercedes publish equivalent guidance. If your tail lift or inverter was fitted by a body-builder or workshop, this is the document they should have worked from — worth asking for confirmation, especially if your vehicle already has other auxiliary electrics fitted.
Get a qualified auto-electrician, your tail lift manufacturer's technical support line, or your vehicle manufacturer's bodybuilder guidance to check your setup if: you're adding an inverter or extra equipment to a vehicle that already has other auxiliary systems on the same battery or alternator; your battery struggles to hold charge or lights dim under load; you're unsure which weight class or spec your tail lift is; or you're running a large inverter (2,000W+) on a 12V system.
The cable and connector rating alone won't tell you whether your specific vehicle's charging system is up to the job — but for the vast majority of standard 175A grey tail lift and 24V inverter setups on an HGV, it is.
Anderson connectors are genderless and physically identical at a given size, so there's no wrong way to plug them in. The only thing to match is size and colour — for example, a 175A grey connector only connects properly with another 175A grey connector.
Order before 2pm and we'll process and dispatch your lead the same day, UK-wide.
You've got 14 days to return an unused lead if it's not what you needed.
Yes — if you're ordering regularly for a fleet or workshop, request a trade account and we'll sort pricing directly with you.
Can't find the exact spec you need? Tell us the connector size, length and ends required and we'll follow up with a custom quote you can pay online.
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