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altedxr6
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yeah supercheap sell them for about $20-$40 depending on the size you need, if not, go to a marine shop ..  |
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EF 4.9
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when i moved the battery to the boot in the magna (dont ask) i was told the battery had to go in a battery box and it had to be a sealed battery, because hydrogen in the cabin is bad! (sealed batterys still make hyderogen but much much less)
I was also forced to use 0 gauge cable to the starter, and because the cable was so thick it has to be run on the outside of the car. |
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Chicken
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| Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 4:10 pm Post subject: |
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| You'd want to use a sealed battery even if you're not required to by law. An Optima Red- or Yellow-top would be good. |
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Tomek
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| Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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| justfordima wrote: | | Check with the RTA first, but if its in an enclosed case, and mounted securely, I don't see why not... it would be an interesting mod. The only other problem I can think of, is the extra resistance due to the longer wires having to run to the boot... |
Umm you also need to allow for ventilation especially if you have it in the boot some batteries give off harmful fumes... |
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Warlock
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| Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 8:36 am Post subject: |
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| mine is in the boot. make sure you run realy big cable cause it is a long way to throw power and you will run the battery flat or your car just won't run properly im currently running 2 huge positive cable's and the same for negative but it still drains so i will be increasing in size again |
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archibald the simple
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| Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 1:28 pm Post subject: |
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| cool thanks |
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LTDHO
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| Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 2:38 pm Post subject: |
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It has to vent to outside the car! Even with sealed batteries
The battery and the case need to be secured to the car. not case to car and battery to case. |
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brett351
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| Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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| LTDHO wrote: | It has to vent to outside the car! Even with sealed batteries
The battery and the case need to be secured to the car. not case to car and battery to case. |
Yeh all of that. They arnt to bad in Canberra though, it is the one thing that wasnt upsetting the rego people when I went through. The cable problem I solved by using 120vdc 600 amp cable. A little overkill but at the rite price at the time |
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greenmachine ef
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| archibald the simple wrote: | | im tidying up my engine bay and the place it sits is getting rusty it leaked. just to get it out of the way. im getting a new battery soon. |
im thinking bout moving my battery to the boot it has to be in a sealed box with the wires running under the car on the opposite side of the fuel lines for saftey and the starter wire has to be about 3 times thicker than normal to carry the extra current to the starter motor |
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justfordima
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thread mining at it's best...
thanks for the update greenmachine ef... 
Hey altedxr6 is in this thread hahaha... oh so many years ago. |
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MadMatt
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| Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2008 11:39 am Post subject: |
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I love my dual battery system, I can happily run my sound system including 2 amps plus laptop power inverter and phone charger for 4 hours plus.
And still expect the car to start. The 2 batteries are only linked when the ignition is turned to on. |
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greenmachine ef
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| Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2008 2:07 pm Post subject: battery to boot |
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| im moving mine to the boot so i have room to put my massive hydrogen geenrator where the battery was |
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