So I’ve been meaning to move my battery to the back of the vehicle to get the battery out of the engine bay. I’ve been wanting to do this for a few reasons:
1) My core support is falling apart and won’t be able to last much longer with a heavy ass battery sitting on it.
2) I plan to gut the inner fenders and strengthen the core support area and do an engine cage eventually. It would be nice to not have a battery in the engine bay taking up space.
3) less weight up front is always a benefit.
So here is my question comes in. I hate messing with electrical and prefer to just ask people that are better than me at this for advice.
Routing battery cables to the rear. Should I just get as heavy gauge cable to do this? (Welding cable is fine. 2 gauge?)
Ground. I can just ground the negative to the frame correct?
Battery Disconnect. Seems important to have along with a circuit breaker since the cables will be so much longer and more potential for issues. What size breaker should I use? 100A?
Winch Cables. Think the winch cables need to be routed to the battery or will a buss bar in the engine bay be good enough?
Battery. I’m thinking a sealed AGM due to lack of fumes and need for venting. Now here is another question that is relevant but can also potentially be its own thread.
I plan to eventually get a fridge and would really like to avoid dual batteries if I can. For weight and space savings. Should I get a deep cycle (marine battery) or a standard starting battery? I don’t plan on running a lot of equipment off of it besides a fridge. Sometimes I play music from the vehicle when we are out but rarely for long periods of time.
Thoughts? Questions? Concerns?
1) My core support is falling apart and won’t be able to last much longer with a heavy ass battery sitting on it.
2) I plan to gut the inner fenders and strengthen the core support area and do an engine cage eventually. It would be nice to not have a battery in the engine bay taking up space.
3) less weight up front is always a benefit.
So here is my question comes in. I hate messing with electrical and prefer to just ask people that are better than me at this for advice.
Routing battery cables to the rear. Should I just get as heavy gauge cable to do this? (Welding cable is fine. 2 gauge?)
Ground. I can just ground the negative to the frame correct?
Battery Disconnect. Seems important to have along with a circuit breaker since the cables will be so much longer and more potential for issues. What size breaker should I use? 100A?
Winch Cables. Think the winch cables need to be routed to the battery or will a buss bar in the engine bay be good enough?
Battery. I’m thinking a sealed AGM due to lack of fumes and need for venting. Now here is another question that is relevant but can also potentially be its own thread.
I plan to eventually get a fridge and would really like to avoid dual batteries if I can. For weight and space savings. Should I get a deep cycle (marine battery) or a standard starting battery? I don’t plan on running a lot of equipment off of it besides a fridge. Sometimes I play music from the vehicle when we are out but rarely for long periods of time.
Thoughts? Questions? Concerns?