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Old 04-29-2015, 12:51 AM   #1
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Auxiliary battery, cable routing

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My C30 engine swap from 454 to 6.5 diesel is so close to end. couple issues have to be done first, then i try to start engine.
Does anyone have pictures on the engine compartment cable routing. Just wondering how to battery cables are routed to ground ,battery positives together and to the start motor.. Well i know how to connect two battery to parallel. but i think some gm engineers are already solved best routes for cables.
I try to search on service manuals but did not find any information on aux battery cable routing.
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Old 04-29-2015, 06:12 AM   #2
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Re: Auxiliary battery, cable routing

Factory mounting of two batteries on my diesel K30 dump
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Old 04-29-2015, 06:30 AM   #3
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Re: Auxiliary battery, cable routing

87 half ton is essentially the same although batteries are side terminal. One work of advice, if you do it that way, ise an aftermarket stud in the RH battery, high current draw on the factory dual wire terminal wil melt the battry, plus it's hard to avoid stripping. I put in an after market stud with nut that the cables attach to. Next time I'm using the military busbar on the firewall....
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Old 04-29-2015, 02:50 PM   #4
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Re: Auxiliary battery, cable routing

On dual start batteries for my 454, I ran the secondary battery cable under the sheet metal cover over the core support and secured it to the cover using black zip ties from the underside. I did not care for the look of having the battery cable exposed along the top. If you look up through the grille you can see the cable running along the top, supported by the ties.

I used existing holes in the core support to route the cables to the batteries. I did use aftermarket long battery stud type bolts to attach the secondary battery. I ran the negative cable for the secondary to the primary battery, but you could just run a short cable to the engine block or any handy chassis grounded bolt in the area of the secondary battery.

I used the battery saver mat from LMC on both battery trays. It does raise up the battery enough that the stock short battery hold down bolt does not work, but I got longer bolts from the hardware store and it worked OK.

The secondary battery tends to loose its charge faster than the primary battery - probably because of the voltage drop due to the long battery cables going to it. You should consider getting larger gauge cables for the secondary battery, but those will be expensive and the standard cables for the auto parts store will work. You can have custom cables made by online vendors. With two batteries, lower combined charge is never a problem. I don't drive the truck much so I put the batteries on a charger about once a month.

I was buying Autozone Duralast batteries because they have a no hassle exchange but I recently changed to Costco Interstate batteries which are less expensive and I think the Costco exchange will be just as good.
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Old 05-04-2015, 10:36 AM   #5
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Re: Auxiliary battery, cable routing

thanks for the replies.
I ran cables like a picture and get motor started after winter. it started straight away.
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