# Battery relocation **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [January 23, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-relocation/131033 "2010-01-23T20:55:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wongger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/41988e/32.png) [@Wongger](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wongger)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-relocation/131033/1 "2010-01-23T20:55:18Z")
Alright, so im going to relocate my battery to my trunk. I’ve read diy and shit like that, but Im just wondering where to buy the tray, wire, circuit, and any other shit I need. Ive seen places but they are all american. Im looking for local (within Canada). I hate boarder fees THANKS ---
**Author:** ![Lum15](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@Lum15](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Lum15)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-relocation/131033/2 "2010-01-23T21:10:59Z")
for the wire … i just got 15 feet of 0 gauge wire from a car audio place… and then go to crappy tire and pick up the terminals ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_S13](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_s13/32/5563_2.png) [@Blue\_S13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_S13)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-relocation/131033/3 "2010-01-23T21:40:41Z")
I used 2 guage welding wire from PA and a 75 amp circuit breaker within 12" of the postive battery connection. For the most security find a tough hose that fits tightly around the wire and ziptie in around it. It will help prevent any rubbing on the positive wire. I got a box from summit…worked flawlessly for the past year. ---
**Author:** ![Wongger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/41988e/32.png) [@Wongger](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wongger)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-relocation/131033/4 "2010-01-23T22:05:26Z")
What about for my car to pass safety? Will it pass with it in the trunk? or will I need to put it into the front when I go for it? ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_S13](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_s13/32/5563_2.png) [@Blue\_S13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_S13)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 10:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-relocation/131033/5 "2010-01-23T22:12:13Z")
I don’t honestly know. You would have to ask about that. I figure if it’s very well secured and installed properly it could possibly pass. I don’t know though. I can’t see someone saying that it only goes under the hood because Saturn keeps them in the trunk now… ---
**Author:** ![Feint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71e660/32.png) [@Feint](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Feint)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 11:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-relocation/131033/6 "2010-01-23T23:59:34Z")
If I could I would look at my 240 and maybe snap some pics for you as a reference guide. Don’t forget to have a fuse as a fail safe. I’m sure you know that, I just never saw it mentioned here, so I figured I’d post a reminder just to be safe. ---
**Author:** ![Lil\_Mike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@Lil\_Mike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Lil_Mike)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 6:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-relocation/131033/7 "2010-01-24T06:26:39Z")
> [@motorcycle tires mounted + balanced](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/motorcycle-tires-mounted-balanced/25704/16): > > I used 2 guage welding wire from PA and a 75 amp circuit breaker within 12" of the postive battery connection. For the most security find a tough hose that fits tightly around the wire and ziptie in around it. It will help prevent any rubbing on the positive wire. > > I got a box from summit…worked flawlessly for the past year. just a question, do you find 75 amps enough? do it ever trip on you, because starter motors draw around 100-150 amps. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_S13](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_s13/32/5563_2.png) [@Blue\_S13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_S13)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 8:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-relocation/131033/8 "2010-01-24T08:40:59Z")
^Not once has it tripped while starting/running. I thought that starters pulled that too. Since it never opened I thought that the breaker was a dead one so I tested it by shorted it out and it indeed works. I might bump it up to 125 amp this year, but since 75 works I don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![John\_sinopoli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@John\_sinopoli](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/John_sinopoli)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 8:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-relocation/131033/9 "2010-01-24T08:43:26Z")
performance improvements has a whole kit and its nhra approved comes with battery box wires hold down some random brackets and i think it was like 100 bucks ---
**Author:** ![Wongger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/41988e/32.png) [@Wongger](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wongger)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 8:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-relocation/131033/10 "2010-01-24T08:44:12Z")
Ok, so list of things I need - roughly 15 ft of 2 gauge wire - 3-4 ft of negitive wire (not sure the size, anybody?) - battery tray - Not sure what size fuse I need, nowhere has been able to tell me - and a circuit breaker. What am I missing? ---
**Author:** ![Wongger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/41988e/32.png) [@Wongger](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wongger)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 8:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-relocation/131033/11 "2010-01-24T08:49:33Z")
[http://www.racepartsdirect.com/images/G1200A.jpg](http://www.racepartsdirect.com/images/G1200A.jpg) thats the kit like summit racing has, but they dont come with any amps. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_S13](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_s13/32/5563_2.png) [@Blue\_S13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_S13)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 8:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-relocation/131033/12 "2010-01-24T08:49:53Z")
Whoops…my bad. I just went and had a look for what I used. It’s a 150 amp circuit breaker, NOT 75. I don’t where I was getting 75 from. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_S13](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_s13/32/5563_2.png) [@Blue\_S13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_S13)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-relocation/131033/13 "2010-01-24T08:54:42Z")
Used the same wire for your ground as the positive does. There is no need for a fuse if you have a good quality circuit breaker. Some might be calling a cut-off switch a circuit breaker which it is but not in the sense in which you need here. The circuit breaker I’m speaking of is a resettable fuse in a sense. ---
**Author:** ![S13GG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/s13gg/32/5506_2.png) [@S13GG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/S13GG)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 11:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-relocation/131033/14 "2010-01-24T11:24:17Z")
technically you should have either; -a vented outside the cabin battery box - or a sealed battery… as well as the other mentioned stuff… and a battery tiedown// ---
**Author:** ![BoOsT-HuNgRy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boost-hungry/32/5721_2.png) [@BoOsT-HuNgRy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BoOsT-HuNgRy)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 3:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-relocation/131033/15 "2010-01-24T15:37:50Z")
you should use the same gauge wires for both terminals . also get a marine battery box 20-40 bucks from auto supply stores ---
**Author:** ![Lil\_Mike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@Lil\_Mike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Lil_Mike)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 4:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/battery-relocation/131033/16 "2010-01-24T16:09:20Z")
if your not using a sealed battery, make a sealed box that vents outside, or even better get a redtop of a sealed agm battery. with the gases and being enclosed in a interior, you might have a smoke or something and boom up you go. edit just read above post oops.