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battery relocation kit - Chris_90 - 30-03-2014
As above needing one for 106 not in any rush just seeing what's about must be cheap as I'm tight and skint
RE: battery relocation kit - Piggy - 30-03-2014
Make one yaself mate...I did it for about 15 quid
RE: battery relocation kit - Chris_90 - 30-03-2014
(30-03-2014, 09:12 PM)Piggy Wrote: Make one yaself mate...I did it for about 15 quid
Really? What size wires am I gonna need?
Re: battery relocation kit - kentiiboii - 30-03-2014
I would also like to know this. :-)
RE: battery relocation kit - Piggy - 30-03-2014
Just work out the gauge and order it by the meter on ebay...5ms is plenty for positive and a meter for negative/earth
Then the required solder on ends
RE: battery relocation kit - Niall - 30-03-2014
Go to scrap yard
Pick up BMW rear battery leads
Pay £5 for them as "its just a bit of cable"
Run under car in copex to protect from element
Mount battery (ensuring its vented to outside)
Job done
RE: battery relocation kit - Chris_90 - 30-03-2014
Might be a daft question but why vented to the outside?
What gauge will I need? Looking at 300amp one 40mm'2 that to thick/over the top
RE: battery relocation kit - Piggy - 30-03-2014
Coz a battery gives off nasty gas
RE: battery relocation kit - Teddy - 30-03-2014
just bought some cable to do mine 290 amp 35mm £20 for meters
£20 for 5 meters
RE: battery relocation kit - Chris_90 - 31-03-2014
(30-03-2014, 10:29 PM)Teddy Wrote: just bought some cable to do mine 290 amp 35mm £20 for meters
£20 for 5 meters
Is 35mm thick enough tho?
RE: battery relocation kit - Teddy - 31-03-2014
Properly depends how big u battery is reading on gti6 forums they run 35mm with out any problems just need to make sure u get a sold earth for it
RE: battery relocation kit - zx_volcane - 31-03-2014
get as big as you can afford
but as said, easy to buy by the meter and solder terminals on (solder like plumbing solder + blowtourch, not tiny little circuit soldering iron stuff) - welding wire is normally pretty good and flexible.
or set of bmw cables has got to be good.
also no one has mentioned putting a fuse in!
I've got a big 300amp fuse between the positive battery terminal and everything else, just incase it decides to short itself on its route to the engine bay.
RE: battery relocation kit - HDIkyle - 31-03-2014
Hmm a fuse! That's a good idea. Not got one on mine. I will get a breaker so can trip it to isolate battery
battery relocation kit - Sambarker - 31-03-2014
Welding cable
battery relocation kit - SupaStar88 - 31-03-2014
Lol, this is effort!! But you want thicker than standard as you'll get a voltage drop cause of the extra distance
plus you'll need to solder and insulate the original wires to the ones your putting in to the back, always use a fuse or a short can start a nasty fire in a second, not nice when going down the motor way window open at 80!