Thread: REDARC In Vehicle Battery Charger for 130 Puma

Originally Posted by Silenceisgolden

I dunno, it is all confusing. I am happy with my set up,

and that is the bottom line... you trust it and your happy with it

Originally Posted by Silenceisgolden

but it would be really nice if a vendor of DC-DC types was on the forum. As Ozscott says, it would be good to get different vendors viewpoints, and it is good to have choices.

Googling on the internet for help is not always easy, as you don't know whose info is good and whose is biased.

imho the reference pdf you posted answers your own questions.. the sales pitch doesn't match the referenced data.

put your right, it is always good to have info backed by facts and different viewpoints.

Hi Silenceisgolden and I am a DC/DC device vendor, but unlike most sellers of DC/DC devices, I don’t just sell them for the added profit margin.

My 100 amp DC/DC devices are way more advanced that any of the gear that has been covered here and my 100 amp units would recharge most battery set up faster than your alternator will.

BUT, just using your driving situation. Why should I con someone, like yourself, into spending $600 on a device that will NOT give you any real advantage because you will still have a fully charged battery at the end of your days drive, without the huge additional expense.

Drivesafe - I suppose I have a different consideration here to most people - I paid the wholesale price...much, much, much less than $600. So for me the DC to DC BCDC1225 Red Arc option was very reasonably priced.

Cheers

Originally Posted by Silenceisgolden

but it would be really nice if a vendor of DC-DC types was on the forum.

Agreed, maybe a polite, introductory Email from an Administrator to a couple of other vendors inviting then to this forum explaining that the installation of aux batteries is a relatively hot topic on AULRO.

1993 Discovery 1 3.5l
2" Lift, Cranked HD Trailing Arms
31" Maxxis Mudders
Tons of Radios, Tons of Spotties

Hi ozscott and while my post wasn’t that clear, the $600 is for my 100 amp DC to DC units, I have no idea what the other brands go for.

BTW, my actual price to the trade for the 100 amp DC to DC units is $599.

Originally Posted by Kevin B

Agreed, maybe a polite, introductory Email from an Administrator to a couple of other vendors inviting then to this forum explaining that the installation of aux batteries is a relatively hot topic on AULRO.

1993 Discovery 1 3.5l
2" Lift, Cranked HD Trailing Arms
31" Maxxis Mudders
Tons of Radios, Tons of Spotties

It's quite a hot topic on several forums I visit - not just here. You should see how the Caravan crowd carry on... There are DCDC vendors on some of these sites that spruke their stuff. Still have yet to hear any compelling evidence to suggest a DCDC device can do what is required in my vehciles better than the alternator can do apart from lightening my pocket by many hundreds of dollars.

If your system works for you - great, and that is the main thing. Tim is just explaining the technical side of it to try and dispell a few myths that seem to be perpetuated on this subject. He isn't trying to tell you your systems won't work, they will - no dramas there.

To each their own.

Thanks Drivesafe. Yes the BCDC1225 is $379 on ebay with free delivery and I paid a lot less than that making it for me a very tasty proposition.

Cheers

PS. I have looked at the threads on the Caravaners forum and Prado point and they go to quite a few pages!

Here is an interesting review of the Redarc.

Product Review No.4 - Redarc BMS1215 / Redarc BCDC 1220 DCDC charger/SBI212 Smart solenoid @ ExplorOz Blogs

Cheers