[Vwdiesel] Relocating battery

[Area31 Research Facility]

Correction.  2/0 cable is larger in cross section than 1/0, not smaller.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Hansen" <jhsg at sasktel.net>
Cc: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 5:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Relocating battery


> That's right.
> I have the battery in my stock car inside the RR framerail, just behind
> the diff.  A single optima starts the car just fine, even hot which is
> asking a bit. (350 chev with some compression)  I think I even used
> lighter wire, maybe 2/0 to keep the right side weight down.
> I ran both conductors the length of the car out of necessity, but you
> could do it with just the +ve to teh starter.  There's plenty of metal
> in the car between the engine and the battery.
> -james
>
> Roger Brown wrote:
>> MikeyBigFish at wmconnect.com wrote:
>>>
>>>      Ev&Andrew,
>>>             I too have considered relocating batteries and was advised 
>>> against
>>>      doing so for various negative reasons. One which has been 
>>> mentioned,
>>>      "the loss of cranking power using longer cables."
>>>      Not having any fundamental/basic understanding of electricity is 
>>> the
>>>      hat that fits my head, but it serves well as a good cover.
>>>      So I ask my beloved forum, is it possible/feasiable to physically 
>>> coil
>>>      this cable to increase or stabilize the desired battery cranking 
>>> speed?
>>>      This is a battery, are there any positive solutions?
>>>      I'm sure we must have some Tesla admirers out there in the ether.
>>>      Thanks to Ev for posting this concern into the light.
>>>      Mike in
>>> VA.||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
>>
>> Use a big enough cable and there will be no loss of cranking speed.  As I 
>> mentioned, I run 1/0
>> welding cable on my relocated batteries in my 4x4 and both the starter 
>> and winch work as well, if
>> not better than with the stock battery up front (and the wimpy stock 
>> cables).  I run both power and
>> ground cables off the battery up near the front of the vehicle.  Then I 
>> tie that to the starter and
>> from there up to the rest of the vehicle wiring.
>>
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