Battery Relocation :)

[Teighto]

Right i have seen a few of you guys have relocated the Battery in the boot.

i want to do the same is it as easy as it seems ??

just get some decent heavy duty Cable and just run them through to connect the engine bay electrics back up ?/

any advice much appreciated

Chris

[Jono FD3]

Yep!!!, you will need the folowing:

5m of 170amp wire (about 11mm thick)
0.5m of 170amp wire for the earth
fuse or circuit braker 125 - 140 amp
6 battery cable eyelets
6 cable ties
Batery box & clamp
and about 3 hours to do the job!!

Jono

[Teighto]

cheers bud

[Teighto]

right got all my cable and clamps !!

where can i get an inline fuse thing  tried maplins online shop but they dont have anything?? anyhelp appreciated

[mikeyh]

try halfruads
or if theres any car audio places about you.

[Jono FD3]

I Got mine from the fleabay.com mate..... cost me £14 for a 140amp circuit breaker deliverd!!!
http://cgi.ebay.com/140AMP-12V-AUTOMOTIVE-CIRCUIT-BREAKER-140AMP-CAR-AUDIO_W0QQitemZ120090730252QQihZ002QQcategoryZ32813QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem

Jono

[Teighto]

Cool Cheers for that mate

[gsb876]

Suprising how much more roomier the engine bay looks without the battery there taking up space, gives you room to install WI :Giggle

[Teighto]

Yeah !!!

[Jono FD3]

Have you seen my engine bay fella...... only just enough room for a rizzler paket in there
But does make it look alot neater!!
Jono

[Teighto]

The Main reaons was to make it look tidier, and im doing an ice install in the boot so will be easier to wire in