Battery relocated to rear?

[Dave Alarie]

Mihnea Cotet wrote:

> At 10:59 18/04/2002 -0500, Dave Alarie wrote:
>
>> Howdy.
>>
>> Anyone relocate the battery to the trunk of a 4k?
>>
>> Yes?  Where did you route the cables and what gauge is appropriate?  My
>> working plan is to run the ground back to the engine compartment rather
>> than attach it to the chassis in the rear.
>>
>> The idea (such as it is) is to avoid introducing any weird electrical
>> issues - like a ground loop.  I'm just into an '85 4ksq, about to
>> rebuild all four corners of the car and I don't the need the pain of
>> tracking down electrical leaks.
>
>
> You want your ground cable as short as possible because of the wire's
> resistance. Too long a cable makes a resistive ground which is NOT
> GOOD, especially for the car's main ground.
>
> Just my 0.02,
>
>
> Mihnea
>
I did not know that.  Thanks.

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