MojoTurbo you can also put the battery pouch in your left hip pouch that goes on your belt. Per the CRL, it is acceptable to have a silver wrapped cable run from your left chest piece to either your left belt pouch or left thigh pouch. It's technically part of the Level 2 requirements, but should be OK for Basic (someone else can tell me I'm wrong here).
CRL quote on the chest armor
CRL quote on the chest armor
- Functional or non-functional wiring, wrapped in silver duct tape is seen exiting from behind the left chest piece and terminating...
- Straight down under the left side of the abdominal armor around the back, above the ammo belt.
- Straight down under the left side of the abdominal armor, behind the girth, ammo belt and cod piece, into the left thigh pocket.
- From the outer edge of the left chest piece, down and into the left hip pouch.