2nd battery Relocate - Page 2 - Diesel Forum

van_350sd · 05-25-2009, 05:59 PM

Alaska,

This gent makes some of the best cables available.
What size cable do you need

I have 3 batteries, in my 2000, The 2 stock batteries one under the hood, and the one on the side rail frame, then the 3 rd. is 3 feet over on the fdrame, almost under the passenger seat area.

If you put the batteries in the rear of the van, get the largest ones you can afford.

The 2/0 is great stuff, but the 3/0 is worth the extra money, not much more with this gent.

Alaskapsdvan · 05-25-2009, 09:39 PM

The job is already done.

I did use the 2/0 cable from the front to the back, and that was bigger than the Ford cable that I pulled out of van.

Later I might pull the front battery and put it in the back with the other one and wire them together and have just the crimps in the front for jumping if needed..

One of the main reasons for the relocation of the second battery was that I just got sick of dealing with the thing under the van, there was no easy way of checking it like the front or now the relocated battery, with out making it 1-2 hour B.S.