Running cable through firewall

[taslucas]

Hi Lufkin, Here is a thread with a few more options......http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...rough-firewall

[Ben-e-boy]

one other thing you can try is drill a hole 20-25mm and put a gland in, these are commonly used in the electrical field they are water tight (to incredible depths nothing you would see in a car) and readily available from any electrical supplier any where

http://www.cabac.com.au/products/gla...c-thread/gn20s

[lufkin]

well ive been busy note its not finished, but i took random happy snaps

my work light fit straight through that grommet hole so that was easy, just had to follow the light
picture of distribution block isnt how it actually is, was just so anyone interested knew what i meant, its much neater now and hidden, the block is in the back panel and from there i will run anderson plug to rear of car and what not. will add more when my anderson plugs arrive

cheers everyone

[Old Wal]

0 gauge cable is going to carry plenty of amps for you - but as you say why waste what you already have. I have ran cabling along chassis rails over the years and a trick I have used is to run my cables through some garden hose of the correct ID for additional protection ( hate wiring shorting out ). It IS a bit fiddly. I just cut the hose ( preferably the neighbour's -just joking ! ) to length , feed the cabling through and after all is in place & secured I generally squirt some silicon down the ends of the hose to keep the crud out. If at any stage you need to withdraw the cable you can easily ( carefully ) split a few inches of each end of the hose and cut the silicon seal off. Naturally you can use that convoluted split tubing if you want. Of course you are fusing this cable at the battery - electrical fires are no joke.

[lufkin]

Thanks for tip about hose and yep I have a decent fuse. Just waiting on these Anderson plugs to arrive to finish the job sigh shouldn't be long till they are here