Battery cable short protection question

[Jim Rorie]

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You might try going to a custom car audio store.  Many installations use a
dedicated battery connection that will have just this type of fusible
link. Additionally try crutchfield.com


Jim

'94 100S

> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
> Behalf Of Eric
> Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 10:32 PM
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Battery cable short protection question
>
>
> As part of my turbo swap on my 4kq I moved the battery to the trunk.  I
> took care to route the cable where it could not rub on any metal edges,
> but I am still paranoid about getting a short some day way down the
> road.  A short would be worse since the cable runs through the passenger
> compartment.
>
> My question is this.  Has anyone found a good way to "fuse" the battery
> cable.  I know some OEMs use fusible links on the battery cables, but I
> have not found anything like that at a parts store.  I looked to
> industrial options and a large enough fuse block and fuse gets a little
> expensive.  I also thought about using a short section of smaller wire
> near the battery, but the connection between the different sizes might
> be tricky.
>
> Anyone have ideas?  I am using size 1 cable and I would like to put this
> weak link (fuse) right near the battery.
>
> Thanks for the help!
>
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> Eric Sanborn
> '85 4kq - 225k+ (work in progress)
> '8X VW Race Rabbit - EFI
> '89 Honda CRX Si - 175k (Wife's car)
> '88 Chevy Suburban - 190k (Our luxury SUV with bench seats and
> full vinyl interior)
>
> http://www.mindspring.com/~robinsanborn/4000/
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