skyhighcaraudio Posted March 22, 2012 Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 interesting lol i must be an idiot Quote Contact us for the best quality cables and accessories with the fastest shipping in the industry EMAIL: [email protected]<script data-cfhash='f9e31' type="text/javascript"> /* */</script> LIKE US ON FB: https://www.facebook.com/SkyHighCarAudio ADD ME ON FB: https://www.facebook.com/jon.rabe.1 MONSTER SKY HIGH/DC GMC: http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/127057-sky-high-monster-gmc-walk-through-12-lvl-5-15s-6-9ks-trim-panels-and-wiring-p-90/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladybridgeport Posted March 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 None of my batteries sizzle either, and i have 930+ amps of alternator charging going to 3 batteries, and not even a stereo in the truck at the moment to drain the batteries.. You really need to check out your issues in your vehicle before you do something to cause even more damage! I had a battery isloator to switch off 1 of my 9 batteries when cranking. When the battery is switched off, the positive is disconnected from the battery bank, but the negative is connected to the bank and the bank is grounded to the engine and body. I noticed corrosion on my negative of the busbar on the starting battery and the part on the negative bus bar where the starter wire is grounded, which would be near battery number five a few feet fro mthe starter battery. I think my starter is causing heat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel4055 Posted March 23, 2012 Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 If you think your starter is causing heat then you must have a very small or poor connection somewhere. Pictures would help in this case. Quote Rest In Peace mother. January 22, 1955 - February 14, 2013 http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/user/35351-megrch/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladybridgeport Posted March 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 (edited) If you think your starter is causing heat then you must have a very small or poor connection somewhere. Pictures would help in this case. This battery below is not supplying power to starter, but near where starter is grounded. Terminal with black rubber protector below is the ground wire for the starter. 1/0 AWG Corrosion on image below is starting battery. This is the ground post. Positive does NOT have any corrosion. All batteries are grounded to same busbar and busbar is grounded to steel angle iron battery rack, which is grounded to body though welded nuts, plus three 0000 AWG wires are going from busbar to alternator brackets for engine ground. Starter power and ground are both 1/0 AWG. Metra IB500 500 amp isolator shuts off positive from starter battery when cranking and in engine off position. Isolator is more like a huge relay than an actual isolator. There is no fuse going from starter to back battery bank. Edited March 23, 2012 by Ladybridgeport Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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