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<blockquote data-quote="All_Logix" data-source="post: 7675996" data-attributes="member: 628274">No worries my friend I really doubt your going to kill yourself with this install haha, your main concern should be destroying your equipment. Let me start off by saying that I would recommend you replace that under the hood battery but for the time being you were right to isolate a secondary battery. You do not necessarily need all those fuses, I would locate one close to your under the hood battery and get the amp capacity that your main power wire is rated for. Next, you have the right idea in wiring...bat to isolator to bat to cap to amps, but the cap is more than likely going to make absolutely zero difference. Ground everything to the chassis, the metal frame work in your vehicle is directly attached to the alternator housing which is the main power source....If you want my personal opinion here is how I would do it.replace the under the hood batt with the yellow top and do a nice big 3 with some 0 AWG, then run 0 back to the amps in the trunk, through a distro block of course, but throwing in a whole lot of stuff like an extra battery and isolator and cap is going to clutter your trunk and make the whole thing complicated. With a 130 amp alt, a good big 3 and a good battery under the hood I think you will be ok</blockquote>

[QUOTE="All_Logix, post: 7675996, member: 628274"] No worries my friend I really doubt your going to kill yourself with this install haha, your main concern should be destroying your equipment. Let me start off by saying that I would recommend you replace that under the hood battery but for the time being you were right to isolate a secondary battery. You do not necessarily need all those fuses, I would locate one close to your under the hood battery and get the amp capacity that your main power wire is rated for. Next, you have the right idea in wiring...bat to isolator to bat to cap to amps, but the cap is more than likely going to make absolutely zero difference. Ground everything to the chassis, the metal frame work in your vehicle is directly attached to the alternator housing which is the main power source....If you want my personal opinion here is how I would do it. replace the under the hood batt with the yellow top and do a nice big 3 with some 0 AWG, then run 0 back to the amps in the trunk, through a distro block of course, but throwing in a whole lot of stuff like an extra battery and isolator and cap is going to clutter your trunk and make the whole thing complicated. With a 130 amp alt, a good big 3 and a good battery under the hood I think you will be ok [/QUOTE]

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