31-07-2014, 11:32 AM
(31-07-2014, 07:26 AM)darrenjlobb Wrote: Grounding to the chassis is fine, mine always has been, cranks fine, just have to make sure you made GOOD grounds with GOOD cable, 90% of issues arse causing by crap cable and crap connections...
I personally crimp things, soldering is a face, and a crimp thats done properly does just as good a job, infact alot of people say soldering in cars is unreliable due top it cracking, but tbh i think thats more long term as never seen it happen much myself....
This! When I relocated the battery in the black HDi I earthed to the chassis and never had an issue.
You need to have a good earth to the chassis, I wouldn't use just 1 earth cable, I'd have 1 main one and a couple of smaller ones and make sure you pick a good point with a fine pitch bolt through a thick part of the chassis, seat belt mounts are good.
Also 25mm2 cable isn't enough IMO, you want 35mm2 to give it an easy life. I know the oem cable is only about 15mm2 but the thicker the cable the easier it is for the electric.