After two years of kicking around a battery relocation kit, I've finally decided to install it in my car. Got a couple questions first:
1. The directions are very vague and asume you know everything about wiring and electronics. However, it says the ground should go to the frame and suggests that it bolts up underneath the car where it can be exposed to the elements (rain, snow, etc.). Would this be OK? I guess technically it would be "grounded" and shouldn't cause an explosion
but it just doesn't seem right to expose a wire where it could get wet. There's a metal bar that's behind the back seat that looks like it would be a better location for the wire 'cause it would be protected from just about anything.
2. I currently have the positive wire going through the rubber booty in the firewall for the steering column (already had a hole there for the wiring for the remote fan switch) and along the hump of the center console. Nothing's hooked up yet. The wire fits almost perfectly, however it passes by the wiring for the ECU. Doesn't touch it or anything; it's just near it. The wire has very thick and rugged insulation, so thick and rugged that it took me a few minutes to cut through it to strip part of it to attach the connection. Is there any danger of somehow the ECU getting fried?
I searched the SE-R list archives -- lots of information but I couldn't come up with anything definitive.
1. The directions are very vague and asume you know everything about wiring and electronics. However, it says the ground should go to the frame and suggests that it bolts up underneath the car where it can be exposed to the elements (rain, snow, etc.). Would this be OK? I guess technically it would be "grounded" and shouldn't cause an explosion

2. I currently have the positive wire going through the rubber booty in the firewall for the steering column (already had a hole there for the wiring for the remote fan switch) and along the hump of the center console. Nothing's hooked up yet. The wire fits almost perfectly, however it passes by the wiring for the ECU. Doesn't touch it or anything; it's just near it. The wire has very thick and rugged insulation, so thick and rugged that it took me a few minutes to cut through it to strip part of it to attach the connection. Is there any danger of somehow the ECU getting fried?
I searched the SE-R list archives -- lots of information but I couldn't come up with anything definitive.