I've been working out an approach to safely and securely route the HV cables from the rear of the car to the engine compartment. The cables should not go through the passenger compartment, and although they are insulated should be protected from each other and weather, road kick-up, etc. After closer examination at the underside of the car, it looks like the best candidate location is the center channel underneath the car. This channel is where the exhaust pipe was routed, and has readily accessible mounting bolts attached to the underside of the frame. The channel is also obviously recessed, so it should protect the cables better.
I am also planning on sheathing each of the cables in schedule 40 PVC pipe. I considered putting them into the same pipe, but again, I want to isolate them as much as possible from each other in the event something does pierce one of the pipes. This way, the chances of an electrical short are minimized.
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