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I’m installing a motor mover this weekend and was after some advice on the best way to connect to the battery.

I could drill an additional hole into the battery compartment (the control box will be located in the under seat locker and simply connect to the battery terminals but this seems a little messy. I’d prefer to connect to the battery leads once they are inside the van. I don’t want to cut the cable and use scotch block type connectors so was considering stripping some of the insulation from the battery leads and soldering the mover power leads to these finishing of with either heat shrink tubing or amalgamation tape depending on access.

Any advice greatly appreciated.

thanks

Hi Bobajob,

I tend to side with Steve in connecting direct to the battery via fuse of course, thats how I dis mine. Not a huge fan of Scotch type connectors either unless its very low current and weatherproof. The battery connectors on my van are like these on Fleebay so I could get good connections.

Dave

Thanks for all the advice. I will run the cables into the battery box and connect direct to the battery terminals. I've bought a waterproof cable gland so I can drill another hole for the additional cables.

An isolator came supplied with the mover so that's covered.

thanks again

Rob