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12th March 2008, 23:02
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Amp Power Lead
Stupid question tbh but:
Not been able to investigate properly on my car, but I think its got one of those quick release connectors on the positive on the battery. Where do you guys attach the power lead to?
Thanky
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12th March 2008, 23:58
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read the stickies mate
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13th March 2008, 00:06
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Ben, have you seen in my engine bay?
I've actually attached it to the quick release with a bolt rather than the smaller fuse box. What gauge cable are you looking at running through the car?
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13th March 2008, 00:08
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bit dodgy that mate
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13th March 2008, 00:24
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With it being bolted to the clamp rather than the fuse box (where it has to go via an 8AWG ish cable first) I've had no problems at all!
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13th March 2008, 00:25
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ah well if your happy then
ill eventually be getting a battery clamp for mine when i get round to it
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13th March 2008, 00:30
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same here, Where would you attach a 4AWG cable to then if you had no battery clamp?
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13th March 2008, 00:31
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well ive got 4 gauge into the fuse box mate
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13th March 2008, 00:41
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really? how many amps are you drawing through that? surely that can't be that good for the bit of random gauge cable that runs in-between?? Saying that, I've seen a few say that its not that good to run any gauge of cable from anywhere but the battery itself.
But in the end, if it works fine without any problems then all is fine 
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13th March 2008, 00:42
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2 amps mate, its a bosch battery, heavy duty kind of one so is fine but when this battery goes ill be buying an optima yellow top and i need to get my big 3 sorted out
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13th March 2008, 00:49
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I've got a supposedly heavy duty battery from halfords in there. It handles surprisingly well. I've got 2 amps running off it as well. I've uprated the earth lead atm, but finding where the hell the lead from the alternator runs is irritating me  I'm going to do the engine earth at some stage (probably when i do the alternator line)
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13th March 2008, 00:51
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yeah when i do mine ill be putting a guide up for it 
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13th March 2008, 00:57
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good good, As i understand it , it runs from the alternator, to the starter motor an then to the positive terminal of the battery? Well that is what the wiring diagram in the Haynes manual shows...
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13th March 2008, 11:09
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Sorry pred, just realised there was more stickies on the FAQ than i thought lol. cheers
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13th March 2008, 12:32
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Originally Posted by Predator_VTR
2 amps mate, its a bosch battery, heavy duty kind of one so is fine but when this battery goes ill be buying an optima yellow top and i need to get my big 3 sorted out
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2amps? thats rather low did you mistype that mate?
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13th March 2008, 19:38
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no i have two amplifiers lol
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