Big 5 wiring upgrade

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  1. ZuluBravoTango

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    Hey Six,
    What were the lengths for your cables? I'm going to judo-copy your efforts... No reason to try and figure it out, when someone has already done the heavy lifting!
     
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    str8t six never enough

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    i didnt even measure them. i put the wire where i wanted it and marked the length and cut them.

    but the first 3 are the same length. About 11" each.

    If I was to do it again I would make two of them 11". One 17" and the rest for the last one.

    I was going to route mine so they were less visible but I misjudged the lengths :jester:
     
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  3. Pity7700

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    Thank you sir! nicely done. ill make sure to cut my battery to frame shorter:jester: i gotta do this soon...especially since i just put a new alternator in:Grenade:
     
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    yeah i got lucky on the battery to frame. it was almost too short! i had to route it just right for it to work :jester:
     
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    lol in total was 7ft a good amount?
     
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    yes, 7 ft is the perfect amount. i had 1ft of cable left that i should have used :jester: but thats only for the grounds. you would still need wire for the positive cables. but maybe only 3ft of that. im going to order that but in red.
     
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    yea im doing the same. Tyler gave me a website to get some good wire i think its like $2.50/foot for the black and $3.01 for the red. i just have to order it and find time to install it. im also thinking about getting another fan controller so i can hook the other fan up to the A/C.
     
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    Sweet write-up :peace:
     
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    josh, im looking at my grounds right now. it looks like the ground wire from the battery to the frame runs all the way to the fricken starter. the only ground wire i have on the passenger side frame is a wire from the stater mount. am i missing something? did you just change the ground location?
     
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    Wish I had time like you guys to be able to "tweek" out and just work on my truck!!
     

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