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Originally Posted by greazzer
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Battery is under the seat. Actually, two PC950s from Odyssey (sort of like the antigravity battery), so CCA is 1900 / batteries run in paraelle. Running a battery cable less than 10' is nothing ... that is why BMW as well as Mercedes do it. I am guessing their engineers got it right to some degree ... Plus, I used to have my battery in the trunk for over a year and NEVER an issue. That was one Group 49 battery with 17+' of cable, so not sure what "problems" that would cause.
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I looked up PC950s Odyssey batteries and they are over $400 for 2 of them! Those batteries are physically small and light in weight for the power output claimed. Do you really believe them? What are you doing about venting? There is a chemical reaction and there is out gas while it is under charge. How are you running the battery cables? Inside or outside? Do you have any safety precautions against shorts to ground which can start a fire or cause the battery to explode? Having the battery in the interior is a worse spot than in the trunk IMO. Car manufacturers put batteries on the correct side of the firewall for a reason.
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