[Vwdiesel] Relocating battery

[The President]

Don't mess about with exotic car searches for battery cables. As I said 
before just get some cables from a scrapped truck; cheap as chips and does 
the job.... period.
Mark

>From: Evans Antoniou <ev32amd at yahoo.ca>
>To: Tony and Lillie <tonyandlillie1 at earthlink.net>, 
>LBaird119 at aol.com,vwdiesel at vwfans.com
>Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Relocating battery
>Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 00:34:45 -0500 (EST)
>
>which modals from bmw had the battery placed in the trunk?
>
>i am in canada and i hope these modals were/are available here.
>
>thanks,
>
>Tony and Lillie <tonyandlillie1 at earthlink.net> wrote: >  I've been going 
>through similar arguments with Dad on his solar
> > project.  Loss is loss and the longer you run a wire the more loss.
> > More loss on DC than AC, the lower the voltage the higher the loss,
> > with DC anyway, and the higher the draw the bigger wire needed.  Coiling
> > wire would make the wire longer.  I suppose creating some back emf or
> > such but that would only serve to cut the amount of power run through
> > the wire rather than the amount available at the other end...  At least 
>I
> > think so.
> >  Simply use as big or one size bigger than needed and there you go.
> > I've been trying to convince Dad it's not worth cutting up a welding 
>lead
> > of the same size as some wire he has, simply to have the finer wire.
> > (since electrons travel on the outside of the conductor I suppose it
> > should
> > carry more current but how much really?)
>
>
>
>Well, in a word, a lot. I have some very fine silver coated 0 Guage wire in
>my 4KQ. Don't ask where I got it, I won't tell :) But, I used it for a
>relocation under the back seat in the 4K. It is rated at 1600 Amps at 
>18VDC.
>Having done a voltage drop test in this car from all points, I get no more
>than .015VDC in any location.
>
>Onto the original subject, do you honestly think VW did such a great job
>with the wiring? I really don't, as I've seen too many ground related
>problems, even on low milage cars. I don't forsee any significant problem
>with the relocation of the battery. As the diesel subject has come up, Audi
>still used the battery under the back seat in the 5000 Diesel. Single
>battery setup. Oh, and getting cables from a wrecked car is a great idea if
>you are on a low budget. Another suggestion is BMW's, as several of their
>models have had the battery mounted in the trunk.
>
>Tony Hoffman
>
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