Battery Relocation Question

[asiandude15]

I was curious if my Scosche 8 gauge amp wire would be ok to use to relocate my battery. I was just curious because I have a bunch laying around and I need to relocate my battery but if I need to go out and buy 4 gauge or 0 gauge I will do so. Just trying to save some cash in this rough economy. LOL Thanks for the help in advance

[ixfxi]

if youre trying to save money, dont relocate with 8 gauge wire.

you need to calculate total amperage your electrical system will draw (maximum load) and you dont want to risk over-heating and over-drawing your wiring, unless you want it to catch fire.


you also want to invest in a good breaker (which few people do). place the breaker as close as possible to the battery (inches away).

8 gauge should be used for something like alternator chage lead going to the battery. i think it can also be used (possibly) for the starter

personally, if i was going to relocate i would use a 2 or at the least 4 guage wire.


in times of tough economy, dont cry us a river saying you NEED to relocate your battery. do it right or watch your car catch fire.

[RacerX1]

^ Agreed, I used 1g wire from my battery to a fuse block under my passenger seat where I changed it to 4g and ran that to the fuse box under the hood.

Knukonceptz product detail for KONFUSED 2 WAY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (http://www.knukonceptz.com/productDetail.cfm?prodID=KNF-12)
Thats what I used for my fuse.

Try to search next time before asking a question because all of this info is readily available

[brndck]

8? NO
4, 2, or 0. YES.
and like mike said. CIRCUIT BREAKER.

[asiandude15]

Will do thanks...

[ms!3]

just a quick question.

on my old coupe i used 0 gauge wire/ 150amp fuse.

kinda skipped on startups sometimes. i had to sell the car and never got around to fixing the problem.

don't want to make the same mistake on my new chassis.

any ideas?

sorry to threadjack OP.

[Bigsyke]

just a quick question.

on my old coupe i used 0 gauge wire/ 150amp fuse.

kinda skipped on startups sometimes. i had to sell the car and never got around to fixing the problem.

don't want to make the same mistake on my new chassis.

any ideas?

sorry to threadjack OP.

This question is very bland. Its also so general that it almost sounds like your giving an opinion?

The car skipped out on startups?

Why relocated unless your FI, issue could be anything inside the FSM.

[GSXRJJordan]

...8 gauge should be used for something like alternator chage lead going to the battery. i think it can also be used (possibly) for the starter

Negative, both of those are 4ga from the factory - the starter can draw 100A and the alternator can charge 80A, although usually it's around 30A. Regardless, 4ga should be the minimum - this is nothing (meaning it's cheap, easy to work with *crimp, route, etc*, and readily available at any stereo store).

just a quick question.

on my old coupe i used 0 gauge wire/ 150amp fuse.

kinda skipped on startups sometimes. i had to sell the car and never got around to fixing the problem.

don't want to make the same mistake on my new chassis.

any ideas?

sorry to threadjack OP.

That's a fine relocation setup, although it's possible that you didn't crimp the 0ga correctly ~ 0/1 crimp tools are expensive, and very necessary to get a proper connection. Assuming your crimps were done properly with a crimp tool, the problem lies somewhere else.

4ga is fine (ideal, really) for stock alternators/battery relocations. S-chassis owners are never going to 150A+ alternators so they don't need to do the *big 3* upgrade with 0/1 unless they're adding some serious amplifiers.

[g6civcx]

Another thing to keep in mind: if you use wire that is too thick, say 2 aught or bigger, the weight of the wire will shear off the bolt to which the wire is attached.

For example, using 4 ought on a 1/8" stud may break the stud due to the weight of the wire.