Barrie made an excellent point. I do not know how correct this is but when
I ran my cable from front to back, I first of all used a really good sized
welding cable since the cable was now 10' long rather than 2'. I then ran
it through heavy duty electricians flexible conduit (thick grey
plastic/rubber stuff). I simply mounted the conduit to the car using
regular conduit brackets. After the cable was slid all the way through and
mounted on the car, I squirted in silicon in both ends to keep moisture
from
getting in the conduit. So far it has given me no problems and I have no
fear of a direct short with the cable.
Nathan
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: B Strachan <bstrachan@home.com>
> To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, June 12, 1999 10:34 AM
> Subject: moving the battery - READ!
>
>
> > I mentioned I moved my battery to the trunk. If you're thinking about
> > doing this, BEWARE!
> >
> > 1. There is a lot of energy stored in that battery. It is just like a
> > little bomb. If you short it out with a low resistance, it will do
> > unbelievable damage. Batteries have been known to explode if shorted
> > and throw sulfuric acid everywhere.
> >
> > 2. There is NO WAY to fuse the primary battery circuit, that is, the
> > cable that goes from the battery + terminal to the big terminal on the
> > starter. This means that the only way to protect this circuit is to
> > make ABSOLUTELY SURE there is NO POSSIBILITY of shorting it to ground.
> > If you run a cable from the battery to the starter along the frame, and
> > if somehow the insulation on the cable gets chafed and the cable shorts
> > to the frame, YOU WILL DESTROY YOUR CAR.
> >
> > IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND DO IT RIGHT, THIS IS AN OK
> > MODIFICATION. IF YOU ARE NOT ABSOLUTELY SURE, DON'T DO IT. I'M NOT
> > EXAGGERATING THE POTENTIAL DAMAGE YOU CAN DO WITH AN IMPROPERLY
> > CONNECTED CAR BATTERY.
> >
> > Barrie
>
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