{"id":2407,"date":"2026-05-13T20:51:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T20:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/?p=2407"},"modified":"2026-05-13T20:51:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T20:51:13","slug":"battery-and-wiring-small-fixes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/battery-and-wiring-small-fixes\/","title":{"rendered":"Battery and Wiring Small Fixes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When last we met I<a href=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/replacing-the-battery-and-making-a-battery-hold-down-strap-for-the-66-beetle\/\"> replaced the battery hold down<\/a>, I knew it should be altered a little bit and got around to it. In this first iteration the buckle was on top. I wanted to move it to the back to it would not possibly be hit by the seat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0086-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0086-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0086-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0086-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the newer one, I just moved the grommet to make the buckle be on the back side. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0087-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0087-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0087-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0087-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0087-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0087-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0088-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0088-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0088-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0088-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0088-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0088-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I also switched to a negative cable, not strap. I don&#8217;t have a strong reason why. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next up! When I ran my rock lights I made a quick grommet for a hole I cut, alas it was not perfect. It was however late and I was done crawling around on my back. Suprisingly I actually went back and made a better one, the elbow should remove any chance of hard spots to run on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0089-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0089-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0089-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0089-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0089-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0089-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0090-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0090-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0090-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0090-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0090-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_0090-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nothing big but I think I&#8217;ll sand and paint this area next. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When last we met I replaced the battery hold down, I knew it should be altered a little bit and got around to it&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2407"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2409,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407\/revisions\/2409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}