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    Posted: 11 Jul 12 at 12:52
Hi guys i have a 1998 2.6 Caravelle and want to install a amp under the rear seat, can anybody tell me how i can rout my 4 gauge power cabling from the front were the battery is or can i get power source from the rear somewhere Confused
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Assuming the SA vans have the same massive main starter cable as a UK van, you can quite happily just take power off the starter motor to save running a wire all the way from the front. The super thick wire has a much lower resistance than the 4 gauge, so you'll get marginally better performance this way, and it saves using as much wire.

Make sure you're fused as close as is practical to the starter terminal, and you use a good grommet where the cable passes through any sheet metal to enter the cabin.

In a UK van running from the front underseat battery trays is pretty straightforward too, but I don't think the SA buses have the channel above the fuel tank which makes things more problematic.





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thanks for you info, i will check the starter cable and see if power can  be taken from there. if this is not possible then how can i rout the cable from under the driver seat. 
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The SA fuel tank does have the trough up the middle just the same as German vans. Not so different.

TBH there's not much in it distance-wise whether you come off the alternator or the battery, they are both about 1.3 metres from the under-bench area!
Have I missed anything?
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