Re: Cut off switch for Trunk Mounted Battery Question?
[Re: stumpy]
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06/19/14 06:22 PM
06/19/14 06:22 PM
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There is a fiber board and carpet cover between the battery and the trunk. However, the battery should be vented to the outside from the factory.
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Re: Cut off switch for Trunk Mounted Battery Question?
[Re: moparx]
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06/20/14 10:28 AM
06/20/14 10:28 AM
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but shouldn't the new iron also have a battery cutoff ? I certainly understand about the box being covered/insulated from the passenger compartment and vented to the outside.
Yeah. My 08 Dodge Magnum has the battery under the back seat. I see a bunch of them running without a cut off. I know some GM cars from as early as 2000 have batteries under the rear seat also. I am not trying to be a jerk I just wonder why its limited to the trunk on older iron that NHRA/IHRA cracks down on. So it seems to be the cars with the battery under the back seat in the passenger compartment right in front of the gas tank would be more dangerous and require a cut-off but they are not required.
Heck some Chrysler's had the battery tucked between the front fender and the engine compartment. You would have to unbolt the entire inner fender just to get to it. That would be a nightmare if you had to get to it in a hurry.
And yes I have a divider between my passenger compartment and trunk and if I put it in the trunk it will be in a battery box. Seems this rule is just biased against cars who originally had a battery under the hood.
Like I said I am not being trying to be a jerk. It just seems that the way cars a built today with remote hood latches and batteries in odd places it is just as difficult to get to almost any battery not just those that have been relocated to the trunk.
Also the gas tank argument really doesn't hold water as with todays electric fuel pumps and fuel injection pushing fuel at high pressure, you are just as likely to have an issue with fuel in an engine compartment as from the gas tank. JMHO
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Re: Cut off switch for Trunk Mounted Battery Question?
[Re: kissmyaspen]
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06/21/14 09:41 AM
06/21/14 09:41 AM
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if you read the rule it says if the battery is moved from factory location.
any of you youngsters know the factory location of the battery in my 33 dodge humpback ? [hint : it was not under the hood]
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