Trunk mounted battery
Hey, cracked. I am going to wire my Dart like your schematic. When you offered your wire gauge description you mentioned a "Wire from CD* solenoid* to* Master disconnect switch" yet in your schematic I don't see a dedicated wire running from the CD to the switch. Would you elaborate a bit on this? Also you mention running the fan from the bat side of the alternator...if the alt is not running would I still have juice to run the fan with the car off? Lastly, are you familiar with Spaghetti Menders? I have his system in my car and wonder how you would integrate your wiring schematic with that. Here's a link to Spaghetti Menders wiring schematic: [ame]http://www.spaghettimenders.com/Spaghetti%20Menders%20Website%20Photos%203-30-12/Challenger_2_System.pdf[/ame]. Page 8 is the overview. Thanks. Great post.
How big is the alternator?
Wire from Alt to continous duty solenoid: 4 or 6 gauge
Wire from CD solenoid to Master disconnect switch: 14-16 Little to no load trigger with key
Wire from CD solenoid to Batt pos or Ford solenoid battery side: 4-6 gauge
Wire from Battery ground to car: I assume 0-1 gauge
Wire from CD solenoid to + on Battery: 4-6 same as wire from cd to ford relay above
Wire from + on battery to Ford Solenoid: 1/0 or bigger
Jumper wire from post to post on Starter: 14
Wire from starter big post to Ford Solenoid: 1/0 or bigger
Wire from Ford solenoid to Mopar relay: 14-16
Wire from Master disconnect to Mopar relay: 8-10
If you pull headlights and electric fans straight off the alt post, that will reduce the load on the wire from the master disconnect to mopar relay.
Visualize the two relays/solenoids stacked on top of each other in the schematic. The alt line runs in one side of the CD relay and you make a short jumper to the battery + side of the ford/jeep starter relay. Makes things a bit cleaner.
Here's a pretty good wire sizing chart.
Hey, cracked. I am going to wire my Dart like your schematic. When you offered your wire gauge description you mentioned a "Wire from CD* solenoid* to* Master disconnect switch" yet in your schematic I don't see a dedicated wire running from the CD to the switch. Would you elaborate a bit on this? Also you mention running the fan from the bat side of the alternator...if the alt is not running would I still have juice to run the fan with the car off? Lastly, are you familiar with Spaghetti Menders? I have his system in my car and wonder how you would integrate your wiring schematic with that. Here's a link to Spaghetti Menders wiring schematic: [ame]http://www.spaghettimenders.com/Spaghetti%20Menders%20Website%20Photos%203-30-12/Challenger_2_System.pdf[/ame]. Page 8 is the overview. Thanks. Great post.
