Battery relocation?
Heres my battery relocation:
As you can see I used a 200amp circuit (resettable) breaker from the battery to the starter. I also used and fuse (200amp) within 12" of the battery for the line to my stereo.(This is just my audio background as it is required by all sanctioning bodies and very good practice.)
As for running the lines, I stated this earlier. Run one line from the battery to the starter (this takes the most current). Then a line from the starter to the fuse box under the hood.(You do not need to run 2 lines under the hood) Partsexpress sells a firewall grommet that is waterproof and very nice for $7.
The one thing I did not like Manntis is that you said you glued your tray down. I would seriously rethink this. The glue over time will degrade and your battery will become unstable. I used a tray and bolted it down to the floor (racing bodies state at least 4 bolts must be used)
As you can see I used a 200amp circuit (resettable) breaker from the battery to the starter. I also used and fuse (200amp) within 12" of the battery for the line to my stereo.(This is just my audio background as it is required by all sanctioning bodies and very good practice.)
As for running the lines, I stated this earlier. Run one line from the battery to the starter (this takes the most current). Then a line from the starter to the fuse box under the hood.(You do not need to run 2 lines under the hood) Partsexpress sells a firewall grommet that is waterproof and very nice for $7.
The one thing I did not like Manntis is that you said you glued your tray down. I would seriously rethink this. The glue over time will degrade and your battery will become unstable. I used a tray and bolted it down to the floor (racing bodies state at least 4 bolts must be used)
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I also said it is industrial epoxy,the sort Lotus uses to glue frame member components together. Think they're wrong too??
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It's also how BMW does their rear mounted batteries. Shut the **** up about "correctly" - not only are you being an antagonistic *****, but in the real world, you're wrong. Protect your cables, not some half-assed patch for when your cables fry because you thought "Oh, I put a fuse in, so I don't need to sleeve it"...
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^wow, I'm a jerk sometimes.
wacky, breakers aren't a bad idea, especially for the average back-yarder who just runs cable without protecting it (or places it near hot metal). But properly protected cable (which only costs about $5 bucks) does the same thing without putting a break in your main power line. I've been doing it that way on 12V and 24V systems for 17 years without a single line short, including on vehicles that see mileage that would make a cab driver blush.
Iltis, LSVW, MLVW, etc. - all 24 volt systems, all with remote batteries, and all vehicles where a short means the occupants in the now dead become targets for enemy fire and potentially dead themselves.
I'm working on my third 312V vehicle and for those, yes we do use breakers - but to prevent EV motor runaway, not shorts.
wacky, breakers aren't a bad idea, especially for the average back-yarder who just runs cable without protecting it (or places it near hot metal). But properly protected cable (which only costs about $5 bucks) does the same thing without putting a break in your main power line. I've been doing it that way on 12V and 24V systems for 17 years without a single line short, including on vehicles that see mileage that would make a cab driver blush.
Iltis, LSVW, MLVW, etc. - all 24 volt systems, all with remote batteries, and all vehicles where a short means the occupants in the now dead become targets for enemy fire and potentially dead themselves.
I'm working on my third 312V vehicle and for those, yes we do use breakers - but to prevent EV motor runaway, not shorts.
Last edited by Manntis; Jul 18, 2007 at 01:17 PM.
Im a HVACR tech and I have wired a much more complex ice machines with sphagetti wires and has a bunch of ******* sensors. In addition, I worked on low-riders with multiple batteries in teh trunk. Just trying to protect an investment. 
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