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Old 06-24-2009, 06:08 PM   #1
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Battery relocation issues

I have some issues. I relocated my battery using 0ga??? Now after driving the car for alittle while and the car warms up. I turn the car off and try to restart it, at that point car starts really slupish or like the battery is completely dead. If i put a jump box on the front at the power distribution it starts fine.

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Old 06-24-2009, 06:30 PM   #2
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check your connections?
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Old 06-24-2009, 06:31 PM   #3
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i would check to see if the battery is charging. also double check the grounds. have you tried jumping it off of the relocated battery? maybe there is a draw on the battery
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Old 06-24-2009, 06:45 PM   #4
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Sounds like a bad ground honestly....did you remember to hook your charge wire off the alternator and not just the main power wire?
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Old 06-24-2009, 06:52 PM   #5
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The altinator works fine. And i've checked and regrounded. And the car wont jump off the battery in the back when it's acting up. I can drive the car fine. It's been like this for awhile. I really would like to figure it out by myself. I don't wanna pay someone.

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Old 06-24-2009, 07:10 PM   #6
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grab a volt meter and see where you have power and how much.
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Old 06-24-2009, 07:16 PM   #7
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so the positive cable is good from the battery to the starter, and it wont jump from it? There is a problem with either the ground connections/lugs or the positive connection/lugs
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Old 06-24-2009, 09:57 PM   #8
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I'm with these guys on connections & grounds, but how is this baby wired?
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Old 06-25-2009, 01:28 PM   #9
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Where did you get the 0ga cables? Did you use the Moroso kit?
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Old 06-25-2009, 01:30 PM   #10
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Connections are great....I redid the grounds 2 weeks ago. Made new grounds to the motor also.

I do car audio...so i used my distributor for the cable

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Old 06-25-2009, 09:20 PM   #11
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what about the positive cable?

if that cable goes from the battery to the starter, and you cant jump the car from the battery, there is an issue there.
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Old 06-25-2009, 11:00 PM   #12
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there is a cable from the battery to the starter....And it has been replaced. I.m thinking it an amperage difference
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Old 06-26-2009, 07:32 AM   #13
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voltmeter....
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Old 06-26-2009, 10:54 AM   #14
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Chargers at 13.7ish... i never checked it during crank. need 2 people to do that
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Old 06-27-2009, 05:41 AM   #15
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13.7 is kinda on the border line for good alt/charging volts. usually youd like to see it between 13.9-14.3
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Old 06-29-2009, 10:32 AM   #16
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Yeah seems to have dropped a little in the length to the battery.. at the alitnator it's at 14.3
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Old 06-29-2009, 10:44 AM   #17
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what wiring did you use again? 0ga? what is the strand type? lots of small wire weaved together? who's wire? and same thing for the ground? where is it grounded?
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Where did you attach the main ground off the battery?
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Old 06-17-2010, 01:21 PM   #19
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sounds like this is your problem. You got make sure the ground from the battery to the car is good. Than you got run the pos. terminal to the starter and that another wire from the start to the alternator and ground the block to the side of the frame of the car my the window washer fluid tank or coolant tank, you should be fine, My brother had the same problem you are that once the car heated up it wont start back up til it cooled down and the problem was the block wasnt grounded good enough.
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