Wiring question.

Gravy · 10-26-2007

Started looking at the ground and the negative wire that's running back there, the negative is actually welding cable, and the red has the same covering on the outside, and just has the number "1" on it.I"ll have a fuse in the system, and i'm comfterble with the size of the wire. Will have a fuse in the line so as to prevent a short. Also going to be doing a fuel pump rewire.

Andrew7dg · 10-27-2007

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Originally Posted by Gravy

Started looking at the ground and the negative wire that's running back there, the negative is actually welding cable, and the red has the same covering on the outside, and just has the number "1" on it.I"ll have a fuse in the system, and i'm comfterble with the size of the wire. Will have a fuse in the line so as to prevent a short. Also going to be doing a fuel pump rewire.

wait... are you saying you are running a negative cable all the way back from the engine bay?

I see in another post that you grounded out the battery half way up the frame.

Another thing that I did that you can also was to make sure the engine is well grounded out. I took whatever welding cable that I had left and grounded the intake manifold, starter, somewhere close to the alternator and some other places. I think there is also other benifits by doing this, by how much I don't know. I know there are special ground kits but ehh... welding cable is cheap.

Again I am assuming it is a nice sealed battery, not an acid battery right? Because if you have an acid battery you will have problems if you don't have a good vented battery box.

tim · 10-27-2007

Just buy the proper group size battery.

Gravy · 10-28-2007

Ok, the POWER cable comes from the engine all the way back, the battery is grounded out in 4 places, once to each strut in the rear, once to the body right in the rear, and once behind the seats.Battery is a sealed one, and i'll be doing a fuel pump rewire soon, which will save me a bit of trouble wiring all the way from the engine bay to the rear again...And for the right class size, that would mean having ot go in, buy a new expensive battery. Get tie down bars for it(part of the other problem) and replace a perfectly good battery. Now i just have to buy some tie dwns for it, thinking of getting a box for it and bolting it into the frame... not 100% sure if i'll do that or just normal tie downs.