[Vwdiesel] Relocating battery

[Evans Antoniou]

thaks for that input James,

i purchased some #2 ground wire for the positive and
#1 gauge for the negative that will go from chassis to
motor.

i will do the installation tomorrow so we shall see.

the cables are brand new and i will be using
dielectric compound on each connection.

thanks for all the help.

evan
--- James Hansen <jhsg at sasktel.net> wrote:

> Well, here in the great white north, the price of
> used truck parts is 
> actually at a premium.  If you go to buy a battery
> cable for a 92 mack 
> from a wrecker, you get a 15 year old cable, with
> over a million miles 
> on it that will cost as much as buying new welding
> cable.
> Cheap as chips would be referring to the insulation
> that has flaked off 
> from engine heat, and road debris causing erosion.
> 
> Installing cable the length of the chassis that is
> in anything other 
> than perfect shape is setting yourself up for a
> terminal electrical fire.
> -james
> 
> The President wrote:
> > 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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