Shamo
19th September 2013, 05:26 PM
Hi All,
Just wanted to get some words from experience with dual battery setups. I currently run a deep cycle battery in the boot of my Disco 2. This runs a 40L engel and two point 240V inverter. Lately I haven't been driving or camping very often at all (last time would have been back in January and the car hasn't been driven more than 100km's since April) and the longest trip I'll go on is about 5 days.
So essentially just want to know what people do in the way of charging for storing deep cycle batteries and also what sort of monitoring systems are out there to run in the car when driving it so I can keep an eye on where the battery is at (how much you need to spend to get a proper idea, and what you do and don't actually need in a system for this sort of use)
At the moment I've had a recommendation for at least a 7 amp smart battery charger for storage. I'm wondering how much driving of the vehicle it would take for the car to keep it up to charge itself enough (so won't need to fork out for charger) and whether I can monitor all of this well enough through some sort of system.
Cheers,
Shamo
Just wanted to get some words from experience with dual battery setups. I currently run a deep cycle battery in the boot of my Disco 2. This runs a 40L engel and two point 240V inverter. Lately I haven't been driving or camping very often at all (last time would have been back in January and the car hasn't been driven more than 100km's since April) and the longest trip I'll go on is about 5 days.
So essentially just want to know what people do in the way of charging for storing deep cycle batteries and also what sort of monitoring systems are out there to run in the car when driving it so I can keep an eye on where the battery is at (how much you need to spend to get a proper idea, and what you do and don't actually need in a system for this sort of use)
At the moment I've had a recommendation for at least a 7 amp smart battery charger for storage. I'm wondering how much driving of the vehicle it would take for the car to keep it up to charge itself enough (so won't need to fork out for charger) and whether I can monitor all of this well enough through some sort of system.
Cheers,
Shamo