Wanted: battery relocation kit

[Chris_90]

As above needing one for 106 not in any rush just seeing what's about must be cheap as I'm tight and skint

[Piggy]

Make one yaself mate...I did it for about 15 quid

[Chris_90]

Make one yaself mate...I did it for about 15 quid

Really? What size wires am I gonna need?

[kentiiboii]

I would also like to know this. :-)

[Piggy]

Just work out the gauge and order it by the meter on ebay...5ms is plenty for positive and a meter for negative/earth
Then the required solder on ends

[Niall]

Go to scrap yard
Pick up BMW rear battery leads
Pay £5 for them as "its just a bit of cable"
Run under car in copex to protect from element
Mount battery (ensuring its vented to outside)

Job done

[Chris_90]

Might be a daft question but why vented to the outside?

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What gauge will I need? Looking at 300amp one 40mm'2 that to thick/over the top

[Piggy]

Coz a battery gives off nasty gas

[Teddy]

just bought some cable to do mine 290 amp 35mm £20 for meters

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£20 for 5 meters

[Chris_90]

just bought some cable to do mine 290 amp 35mm £20 for meters

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£20 for 5 meters

Is 35mm thick enough tho?

[Teddy]

Properly depends how big u battery is reading on gti6 forums they run 35mm with out any problems just need to make sure u get a sold earth for it

[zx_volcane]

get as big as you can afford

but as said, easy to buy by the meter and solder terminals on (solder like plumbing solder + blowtourch, not tiny little circuit soldering iron stuff) - welding wire is normally pretty good and flexible.

or set of bmw cables has got to be good.

also no one has mentioned putting a fuse in!

I've got a big 300amp fuse between the positive battery terminal and everything else, just incase it decides to short itself on its route to the engine bay.

[HDIkyle]

Hmm a fuse! That's a good idea. Not got one on mine. I will get a breaker so can trip it to isolate battery

[Sambarker]

Welding cable

[SupaStar88]

Lol, this is effort!! But you want thicker than standard as you'll get a voltage drop cause of the extra distance plus you'll need to solder and insulate the original wires to the ones your putting in to the back, always use a fuse or a short can start a nasty fire in a second, not nice when going down the motor way window open at 80!