boot mounted battery

Post by **TOMSUN** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 8:49 pm

Ryan,

What gauge cable you going to run?
And where you getting it from?

iXNAY · Post by **iXNAY** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 8:55 pm

I got some flexiable welding cable lead from work
Its 16mm2 so i beleive that converts to 5 AWG
should beable to handle the cranking of the starter motor

RiceThief · Post by **RiceThief** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 9:08 pm

Go to Boc gas and gear and get some welding cable. They are orange in colour and the best part is they are double insulated.

iXNAY · Post by **iXNAY** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 9:17 pm

thats what i have got we have a 50m roll of it here at work :)

Post by **TOMSUN** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 9:03 am

My new battery in the boot. Also added a battery isolation switch at the same time.

DIN66 Battery. Maintenance free. 670CCA, 120 RC.

The DIN style batteries are for VE commodores and Euro car that come with a battery in the boot as standard. They are like a semi sealed unit that come with tubes that you can vent to outside the vehicle.

Photos to come shortly...

benny · Post by **benny** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 3:18 pm

seeing as mine isn't moving .....
only the "real" floor is in the back, i screwed down mdf onto the framework that the metal "false" floor was attached to.
yes the lead/acid will be replaced but there is no hurry now :x
i attached the earth to a big bolt thats under there, i ran the cable from a distribution block in the front through the same path as the factory wiring into the car the under the passenger side carpet, passenger side rear seat to the battery.. hope it helps in some way :)

Post by **TOMSUN** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 4:08 pm

Due to the style of battery (DIN66 maintenance free) I didn't worry about a battery box.

Still going to put the MDF floor back in and make an MDF box for the battery and trim it to make it look neat.

:beer

iXNAY · Post by **iXNAY** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 4:44 pm

that will be neat and tidy when its done :)

Post by **TOMSUN** » Sun Feb 28, 2010 7:47 pm

Done... Two more pics

thrash · Post by **thrash** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 3:00 pm

neat azzz! and no spare wheel eh.. what do you do if you have a flat?

Post by **TOMSUN** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 7:53 pm

thrash wrote:neat azzz! and no spare wheel eh.. what do you do if you have a flat?

1. You actualy have to drive it to get a flat. rofl Nah... Get a free tow or get some one to bring me a spare.

thrash · Post by **thrash** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 8:01 pm

free tow? nrma?

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