Continuing my plea for help, and seeing that the Zilla is a high-side switch, 
which of the following options should I pick? The top half of my battery is 
under the hood and the bottom half is in the trunk. My motor is under the hood 
(of course). And my old controller was in the trunk (original idea was to 
protect from the elements). So I have 3 cables running under the car: from 
battery+ to controller B+, motor- to controller M-, and one connecting the 
middle of the 2 batteries together. 

So should I:

1. run a new cable from Zilla M+ to motor+ (have 4 cables running under the 
car)2. swap the polarity of the front/rear batteries (top half in trunk, bottom 
half under hood, moving contactor from hood to trunk, still having 3 cables 
under the car)3. move the controller to under the hood (then would only have 2 
cables under the car: battery- to M-/B- and one connecting the middle of the 2 
batteries together, this would require me also moving the 12V battery to the 
trunk to make space for controller)
Should I be concerned about long power runs? 4 cables under car vs. 2 cables, 
etc? I also use a Lithiumate BMS and they warn that the Zilla is noisy and can 
interfere - would option 3 be any better in the case? 

Thanks!Chrishttp://www.evalbum.com/4743


    On Saturday, September 15, 2018, 9:08:23 AM CDT, Christopher Darilek via EV 
<[email protected]> wrote:  
 
  Ahhh, its a high-side switch? 

B- and M- are common inside the controller, correct?
Thanks,Chris
http://www.evalbum.com/4743
  
 On Saturday, September 15, 2018, 8:28:44 AM CDT, Christopher Darilek via EV 
<[email protected]> wrote:  
 
 Hi all. I'm upgrading from a Curtis 1231C to a Zilla 1k to refresh my EV grin. 

The 1231C used a common power connection for B+ and M+, however these are 
separated on the Zilla (and I do not measure continuity between). What topology 
does the Zilla use that B+ is not connected to M+? 

Anyway, running a separate M+ cable to the controller will be a moderately 
difficult job. I assume this is really needed? Grr, thought I could knock this 
out today. I can't find anything in the archives or online about this..

Thanks,ChrisChris' 1972 BMW 2002

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