Alternator wire direct to battery

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May 8, 2020 | 01:45 AM

rsb213

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Alternator wire direct to battery

Has anyone done this? I relocated my battery to the passenger cubby the other day. I'm on my 3rd starter in the past month now from heat issues (I think I've gotten it protected well enough now), but I've now been thinking about running a wire from the alternator post directly to the back as well. It looks like the gauge of wire for a run this length might be prohibitive but looking for suggestions.

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May 8, 2020 | 03:18 AM

Jason.

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From: Phx Az

Couldn’t you just run all your positive wires to the fuse box instead of a starter wire and alternator wire going to the battery and then ground the block a few times and ground the battery. Should work like that this way you only have one wire going towards the back of the car. Unless I’m not understanding your question.

May 8, 2020 | 08:13 AM

Spaceme1117

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Originally Posted by rsb213

I am sure somebody has done this before. You could probably run the wire behind the carpet in the car or maybe behind the rear bumper. You would need to then run it over or on the inside of the drivers side wheel well and then through the drivers side rocker panel. I guess you could run it similarly on the passenger side and then cross the wire over somewhere in the engine compartment.

Sac City Corvettes makes a C6 Big 3 wiring kit but unfortunately they don't have one yet for the C6's that have the battery in the back passenger compartment.