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Old 10-19-2013, 11:35 AM   #8
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Re: Battery Relocation and Wiring

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Originally Posted by ItsRandy View Post
I have a drop down battery box on my truck mounted in front of the right rear tire, I didn't want the tire to spit stuff up and hurt the battery. I got it from Summit or Jeg's. Make sure you use all of the mounting hole locations on the drop down battery box. I didn't on the first one I installed and the box began to rip. I was lucky and caught it before it tore all the way but it could have been real ugly if I had not. I had visions of the battery skidding on the asphalt, acid all over my new wheel and down the side of my freshly painted truck, you get the picture...UGLY! I had to build a brackets to mount the box to the frame so I could use all the bolt holes in the battery box.

I used 1/0 cables. The ground cable I ran all the way back to the bell housing as close to the starter as I could get. I wanted the best ground possible for the high amperage draw of the starter.
Good tips! I want to install it behind the tire because I eventually want to bag it and ill be using the space in front of the tires for the porterbuilt brackets that hold the tank and compressors.
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