sensor under your battery?

[mmagnumpi9]

I am relocating the battery in my 97 tj to the rear. On the stock battery tray there is a small sensor that goes directly below the battery. Anyone know what this is or what it does?

It just looks like a small thing, there are no spring loaded pins on or anything like it would check to see if the battery is still there, and it didnt really seem to do much on the bottom of the battery tray. I wonder if I can run without it plugged in, or just make a small mount and stick it some place out of the way once I move the battery.

[kaiser]

yup, its a battery temp sensor, i guess you could leave it there, but dont disconnect it or you will get a fault and check engine light

[mmagnumpi9]

i guess i could just lengthen the wires and run it to my battery box out back if it started throwing codes.

[bchcky]

what about that nice mount you made last weekend? too cramped?

[mmagnumpi9]

Yup, after I mounted everything in there I didnt like how the fuse box would mount with the battery up front.

The mount I made will make the scrap pile look nicer though. It looks like something you could use on the bat mobile.