Earth lead replacement

[LegoHead]

Just wondering where the earth from the battery goes, as i have a dodgy connection at the battery end and want to either replace the whole lead or fix the connection.

Spotted these on ebay, I fancy a red one.lol.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Earth-Earthin...0QQihZ008QQcategoryZ72205QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Would this be a direct replacement for the renault one?

 

[Has]

On my MK2 PH2 i see mine goes from the battery terminal to the body just behind the headlamp.

Will need to remove bumper and headlamp to get to this properly.

Ive noticed mine has rusted slightly, so while its all off im going to clean it up and earth it properly again

 

[Brown.]

its illegal to have red earth wire.

 

[TomTom]

^As above. Red means positive, I'd clean up your old one, with a wire brush/file or get a genuine one from Renault or Halfords for a cheap one.

You can usually clean them up though

 

[Gmk1]

put black tape at each end of it so it looks like a negative :rasp:

 

[Paddy_g46]

red earth, oh dear lol

 

[SBV116]

Also the terminals are different szes, so positive wont fit negative! ones fatter than the other!

 

[LegoHead]

To all the knobs who go " oh dear red earth" who gives a fook!

Thanks for the useful comments from the rest though. Didnt know the terminals were different size.

 

[Dink]

mate i made on myself some 25mm2 cable and a couple of 25mm2 crimps

cost me f**k all as i stole the bits from work lol

i'll have a look see what i got left

 

[Has]

This is where the lead goes.

Think you can get to it behind the headlamp.

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=15215&d=1167001798

 

[LegoHead]

This is where the lead goes.

Think you can get to it behind the headlamp.

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=15215&d=1167001798

cheers dude, that is what i needed.

I have a s**t load of red wire at work, chunky stuff, not sure on guage, but I'm using 50A at 9 V through it for a test rig, might be good enough for the earth?

 

[Dink]

well it might be ok but does it get warm?

+ the colour means f**k all just mark it with some black tape and thats fine

 

[LegoHead]

well it might be ok but does it get warm?

+ the colour means f**k all just mark it with some black tape and thats fine

I'll test it when i get back to work. What sort of current goes through this lead?

 

[Dink]

everything in the car so could peak around 200A when starting

headlights will pull 8A air con 15A radio 3A Ignition 20A? so it starts to add up

 

[demon_dald]

earth cable is in no way expensive, or even an earth strap would do the trick, at the end of the day as long as it works thats all that matters

 

[LegoHead]

I'm just tight. Free is the best price.