Help: removing 4gauge power wire

[Raisedin305 5,000+ posts]

Hey. I had nothing to do right now so I went outside to take out of my car my 4 gauge wire that I have installed to replace it with 0 gauge wire. As I was taking it out the end of the power touched metal and of course sparks came out. I know this is because I didn't disconnect it from the battery. I didn't because ive never connected it to the battery before. My cousin was the one that connected everything to the battery I just ran the wires through the doors and all that. My question is what do I have to disconnect in order for the 4 gauge not to have any power. Do I disconnect the - or the + or both? Is there any chance of me getting shocked while doing this. I remember when doing this with my cousin some big sparks flew out I was like //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif Help me out...

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[bimma85 5,000+ posts]

just take the fuse out

 

[mikescanlon 10+ year member]

disconnect the +4 gauage.. if you dont know which on e that is, just disconnect everything, remove the 4 gauage, then reconnect the 0 gauage and the OEM wiring that came with the car.

 

[Raisedin305 5,000+ posts]

just take the fuse out

This would stop any electricity from flowing through the 4 gauge wire? I don't think I should do this I think it would be better to disconnect the - or + from the battery because when I go to reconnect the 0 gauge the battery will still have power. So what wont have power is the fuse box and beyond but everything before that (wire to fuse and battery) will have electricity still.

 

[Raisedin305 5,000+ posts]

disconnect the +4 gauage.. if you dont know which on e that is, just disconnect everything, remove the 4 gauage, then reconnect the 0 gauage and the OEM wiring that came with the car.

Yeah I know which one that is, I see the 4 gauge wire connected to it. Should I expect any thing like sparks or a shock or something (want 2 know what 2 expect b4 i do it).

 

[soundstreamer 10+ year member]

disconnect the 4ga from the battery +. that will stop your arcing problems. you probalby already blew your fuse with your first arc anyhow.

 

[Raisedin305 5,000+ posts]

disconnect the 4ga from the battery +. that will stop your arcing problems. you probalby already blew your fuse with your first arc anyhow.

Why would I have blown my fuse? If I did would there still be power going through the 4 gauge?

 

[mikescanlon 10+ year member]

if you blew the fuse, it would stop the power from running through it.. if you remove the fuse, that will also stop the power, if you remove the 4 gauage from teh battery, or the + and/or the negitive from teh battery, that will also stop the power....

are you doing the install on that other system you're looking to put together for your friend with the name brand stuff?

 

[Raisedin305 5,000+ posts]

if you blew the fuse, it would stop the power from running through it.. if you remove the fuse, that will also stop the power, if you remove the 4 gauage from teh battery, or the + and/or the negitive from teh battery, that will also stop the power....

are you doing the install on that other system you're looking to put together for your friend with the name brand stuff?

Thanks for that info. Nah I got nothing to do so I decided to remove my 4 gauge wire that I have and put in the new 0 gauge I got for my Orion 2500d.

 

[soundstreamer 10+ year member]

Why would I have blown my fuse? If I did would there still be power going through the 4 gauge?

fuses blow when too much power tries to pass through them. direct short = too much power.

there won't be power through it anymore if it is blown.

 

[bimma85 5,000+ posts]

fuses blow when too much power tries to pass through them. direct short = too much power.there won't be power through it anymore if it is blown.

yup, just like there would be no power if ya remove it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif.

 

[Raisedin305 5,000+ posts]

fuses blow when too much power tries to pass through them. direct short = too much power.there won't be power through it anymore if it is blown.

Nah then its not blown because I just saw a little spark come out and I pulled the 4 gauge back so it wouldn't happen again. I doubt its blown.
Anyways, my main concern is having to disconnect the 4 gauge from the battery. What do I have to do so the battery cannot shock me or anything?

 

[soundstreamer 10+ year member]

you won't get shocked. just don't touch you wrench/rachet to an other metal(including the ground(-) post) while woking with the positive(+) post.

 

[Raisedin305 5,000+ posts]

Ok so all I have to really mess around with is the +. To remove the 4 gauge from it and put the new 0 gauge on, correct?

 

[soundstreamer 10+ year member]

yes. do not connect the 1/0ga wire to the battery until you have succesfully run it though your can. after it has been run without any problems, and you are sure there are no exposed wires that can groung out, the wire can safely be connected to the battery.

 

[Raisedin305 5,000+ posts]

K thanks so I should hide the wire and all that, have it how I want it and then when I see its perfect the way it is, connect it?

 

[Raisedin305 5,000+ posts]

When disconnecting a battery completely, the appropriate method is to disconnect negative, then disconnect positive. To reconnect, you should connect positive, then negative. This is for safety reasons to reduce the risk of spark while disconnecting and reconnecting the cables, which could cause the battery to explode.

In order to disconnect the positive cable properly for safety reasons, you should disconnect the negative cable first, anyway. It's simpler just to remove the negative cable to disrupt the power flow than it would be to remove the negative, then the positive, so it's generally accepted practice to just remove the negative cable.

 

[Raisedin305 5,000+ posts]

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[chinny 5,000+ posts]

ur dumb.

 

[Raisedin305 5,000+ posts]

ur dumb.

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