Sam's build thread

[sambb]

And does anyone know if its ok to mount a battery actually in the cabin. I figure if you can put a battery in the boot of an un-fire walled hatch then there shouldn't be a reason why you cant put one under the passenger seat.

[JTop]

Chassis is the car's ground anyway, shouldn't be any different as long as it's secure as well as in an open(but protected) environment(not right under the seat). ?Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't see any trouble other than fatal harm if it suddenly explodes and the plastic shrapnel collects you with it. Or fire or whatever. Hence the Hood/Trunk locations tucked under more protective layers.
Probably need a profession to explain as to why, can only assume

[Sydneykid]

And does anyone know if its ok to mount a battery actually in the cabin. I figure if you can put a battery in the boot of an un-fire walled hatch then there shouldn't be a reason why you cant put one under the passenger seat.

A low profile Odyssey style I assume? Who's ever going to know that it's there? To be sure I'd probably cover it with some 3 mm acrylic sheet, DIY the bends with a heat gun. For the Skyline I located the lithium battery in the console, makes for short run cables via the isolator switch next to the gear lever.

Cheers
Gary

[sambb]

Yep it'd be a dry cell type. Main reason is to just get it right out of the engine bay but not to the boot where I need every bit of free real estate for when the car is packed up with rims/tools/gear for events and like you said a shorter accessible cable run that will be easy to break into with a cabin mounted isolator when the day comes to do that.

[sambb]

i think the next DubNats needs to look like this:

WesBank Super Series 2009 - Round 1 - Engen VW Cup - YouTube
RPM TV - Episode 262 - Engen Primax VW Polo Cup hatch - YouTube

[tek199]

Sealed units are ok to mount in the car cabin. Any other type that may vent needs to be in enclosure that in turn vents outside.