P500 Battery Cable Extender

[Deleted member 3748]

I want to add a positive battery terminal under the hood of my P500 because it's a pain running cables to the battery box and the cover doesn't fit well anymore. Have any of you done this and if so, where did you mount it and how? I have to be careful to keep it insulated, away from any other metal, etc. I have a grounding bar bolted to the frame under the hood with a second ground wire (backup) between the bar and another bolt on the frame. I want to do something similar with the positive cable but obviously not bolted to the frame.

 

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[Deleted member 3748]

I just re-thought about this. I should just mount a fuse block and if I need to connect to heavy duty power (for the winch) I can just add the cable to the main lug on the fuse block.

 

[Montecresto]

I want to add a positive battery terminal under the hood of my P500 because it's a pain running cables to the battery box and the cover doesn't fit well anymore. Have any of you done this and if so, where did you mount it and how? I have to be careful to keep it insulated, away from any other metal, etc. I have a grounding bar bolted to the frame under the hood with a second ground wire (backup) between the bar and another bolt on the frame. I want to do something similar with the positive cable but obviously not bolted to the frame.

I did that too.

 

[Deleted member 3748]

I did that too.

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That looks great! Did you add all of the wire in the red conduit?

 

[Montecresto]

That looks great! Did you add all of the wire in the red conduit?

Both red and black. You know how naked the P-5's are under the hood before you add anything! Now I have easy access for adding any accessories I wish.

 

[Deleted member 3748]

Both red and black. You know how naked the P-5's are under the hood before you add anything! Now I have easy access for adding any accessories I wish.

LOL I didn't think it was a P5 because I didn't recognize it.

 

[Deleted member 3748]

@Montecristo - Is that a 100A breaker I see by the battery disconnect?

 

[cthack]

I did that too.

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That looks awesome! Thought I was looking under the hood of a sports car.

 

[Montecresto]

Yes, and another infront of the winch solenoid and there's another in the battery box.

 

[Deleted member 3748]

Yes, and another infront of the winch solenoid and there's another in the battery box.

Do you have a pic of the breaker in your battery box? It's pretty tight in there.

 

[Montecresto]

Do you have a pic of the breaker in your battery box? It's pretty tight in there.

I'll get one posted for you this weekend.