running 4 runs of 1/0 power and ground!! need help

[Scionxb5 10+ year member]

ok i guess what im asking is this. im running 4 runs of 1/0 power and ground. Going to run 4 batterys. so do i run all 4 runs off front battery to 1st one in back then 4 runs to the next battery and so on till /\all 4 are hooked up? and do i do the same for the ground wire? Also should i fuse between each battery? let me know please! theres gotta be a easier way to do this

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[plugitin 5,000+ posts]

like, 4 runs of each? So 8 runs total?

 

[pieper88 10+ year member]

give a little bit more detail on your setup. Might be better ways to do this.

 

[Brian_smith06 10+ year member]

i assume you mean 2 powers and 2 grounds?

just run those initial runs to one of the batteries in the back and then daisy chain them together with 1 run of 1/0. You could do more but with as short of a run as that would be its overkill imo

 

[lostdaytomorrow 10+ year member]

If you mean 2 runs of each, 4 total, just do the 2 each to the first batt in the back, and depending on the distance between batteries, one 1/0 run of each should be sufficient to handle the current depending on the brand, copper type, and size of the wire.

More details on the setup please.

 

[Scionxb5 10+ year member]

running 2 18 Aq hdc3 off a aq 3500 amp at .5 ohm with a 160 alt. doing 4 runs of power and 4 runs of ground! i want my electrical to be good //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Crownvicon28s 10+ year member]

running 2 18 Aq hdc3 off a aq 3500 amp at .5 ohm with a 160 alt. doing 4 runs of power and 4 runs of ground! i want my electrical to be good //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

You would be good with two of each. Four of each isn't necessary with that amp.

 

[Atimm693 10+ year member]

I really don't see the point when you could just use the car as a ground. You might lose a tiny bit of power but it won't be audible.

I would take a meter and check the resistance of the car vs. a run of wire before I pull the trigger on that much cable.