[Vwdiesel] Relocating battery
Terry Briggs
vbriggs at stny.rr.com
Mon Jan 1 21:06:37 EST 2007
First off, never ever,ever,ever,ever coil a battery cable. Think about
the current passing through that cable. It can and will generate a
tremendous amount of heat from the magnetic field it will generate.
What I would suggest is get a length of welding cable to use, voltage
drop across a length of wire is pretty standard, all you need to know
is what your current requirements are and size the cable accordingly,
it's actually quite possible to get less of a drop than a stock
cable/length even if you stretch it 10 feet if you have the right gauge
wire.
On Jan 1, 2007, at 4:25 PM, 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
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