Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Dafaseles" data-source="post: 8741665" data-attributes="member: 681482">To begin, sorry for the essay, but I don&#039;t know how else to ask this question...I have a 2011 Chevrolet Silverado that I&#039;m putting a system into along with a lithium battery in the bed, and a battery delete under the hood. My truck has a regulated voltage controller. It&#039;s basically a donut/ clamp... whatever you want to call it, on a ground wire. Everything I&#039;ve seen and read says it goes between the alternator ground and the battery ground no more than 12 inches away from the battery. Looking at my truck, my RVC clamp is between the battery ground and the engine block. Looking at my cousins 2013 (same generation, just different year) which has had no work done to it, it&#039;s the same configuration. RVC clamp between the battery ground and the engine block. So here&#039;s my question...I was wondering if anyone had any experience in dealing with this RVC? I read that the RVC doesn&#039;t like it when you ground things to the frame. Well, I&#039;m planning on grounding my lithium to the frame. Also, they say the RVC shouldn&#039;t be more than 12 inches from the battery. Well, mine will be maybe 15 feet away, if what I&#039;m thinking will work in the first place. I included a very crude drawing of what I was thinking of doing to install my lithium in the bed, have the battery delete under the hood, and keeping the RVC clamp in its original spot. I don&#039;t really want to look at a battery light on my dash board, and I don&#039;t want weird electrical issues after I install everything. I&#039;ve spent quite a bit of money and I don&#039;t want to damage anything. Thanks in advance and any info/ opinions will be greatly appreciated.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dafaseles, post: 8741665, member: 681482"] To begin, sorry for the essay, but I don't know how else to ask this question... I have a 2011 Chevrolet Silverado that I'm putting a system into along with a lithium battery in the bed, and a battery delete under the hood. My truck has a regulated voltage controller. It's basically a donut/ clamp... whatever you want to call it, on a ground wire. Everything I've seen and read says it goes between the alternator ground and the battery ground no more than 12 inches away from the battery. Looking at my truck, my RVC clamp is between the battery ground and the engine block. Looking at my cousins 2013 (same generation, just different year) which has had no work done to it, it's the same configuration. RVC clamp between the battery ground and the engine block. So here's my question... I was wondering if anyone had any experience in dealing with this RVC? I read that the RVC doesn't like it when you ground things to the frame. Well, I'm planning on grounding my lithium to the frame. Also, they say the RVC shouldn't be more than 12 inches from the battery. Well, mine will be maybe 15 feet away, if what I'm thinking will work in the first place. I included a very crude drawing of what I was thinking of doing to install my lithium in the bed, have the battery delete under the hood, and keeping the RVC clamp in its original spot. I don't really want to look at a battery light on my dash board, and I don't want weird electrical issues after I install everything. I've spent quite a bit of money and I don't want to damage anything. Thanks in advance and any info/ opinions will be greatly appreciated. [/QUOTE]

Verification