Thread: Traxide dual battery system

Good to hear Gordon.

BTW, keep an eye on my web site, some time in the next week or two, I will be posting up details of the upgraded D3, D4 and RRS kits, of which there are now 21 different kits.

This includes 4 new kits that may be of interest to you.

These are 4 new Triple Battery kits, designed to put two Optima D34 55Ah Yellow Tops under the bonnet.

This is what they look like when fitted.

Originally Posted by drivesafe

Good to hear Gordon.

BTW, keep an eye on my web site, some time in the next week or two, I will be posting up details of the upgraded D3, D4 and RRS kits, of which there are now 21 different kits.

This includes 4 new kits that may be of interest to you.

These are 4 new Triple Battery kits, designed to put two Optima D34 55Ah Yellow Tops under the bonnet.

This is what they look like when fitted.

Nice Tim,

But on a side note - do you instructions have detail to shift the "bits" in the rhs battery compartment.

Interested from another aspect

Thanks

Gup

Hi Gup and while my intended market was for D3s, so far, of the 5 test/pre-production kits supplied, every single one of them has been installed in a D4.

So the market is wide open.

I have never relocated the gear a D4’s auxiliary battery compartment but I will be providing pictures of how it’s done, compliments of Sniegy, and there is a link below to a USA Land Rover WorldForum thread with an excellent description of what to do and some great pictures to follow up on.

Here is the link.

LR4 Second Battery Install - Land Rover and Range Rover Forums

Originally Posted by drivesafe

Hi Gup and while my intended market was for D3s, so far, of the 5 test/pre-production kits supplied, every single one of them has been installed in a D4.

So the market is wide open.

I have never relocated the gear a D4’s auxiliary battery compartment but I will be providing pictures of how it’s done, compliments of Sniegy, and there is a link below to a USA Land Rover WorldForum thread with an excellent description of what to do and some great pictures to follow up on.

Here is the link.

LR4 Second Battery Install - Land Rover and Range Rover Forums

Thanks Tim

Gup

I have a Traxide dual battery system with a isolator on a D4.
My vehicle is very low use except on infrequest long trips.
I am having serious flat battery problems when at home.
Even though the isolator cuts out the second battery both batteries are too weak to start the vehicle.
The isolator draws about 0.3 ah. This in combination with the calcium battery seems to cause a rapid loss of charge after a few days.
If you are using the vehicle every day should be no problems.
If you are leaving the vehicle for a long holiday you should consider disconnecting the battery isolator or setting-up a trickle charger.

We have Traxide kit in our D4 and have noticed if we leave the 47 l ARB bridge running all the time (which SWMBO likes to do) we run the batteries down very quickly indeed (we have a dash mounted dual battery guage - Autron LED - which flashes red frequently on start up; we have noted we have to use the car at least every 2nd day or we strike flat battery issues very easily; we will be keen to upgrade to the BG-25!!

Originally Posted by Tsesebe

My vehicle is very low use except on infrequest long trips.

Hi Tsesebe and this type of non use is proving a big problem and more so in the UK.

A simple but not always convenient fix is to mount a 10 watt solar panel somewhere in one of the vehicle’s windows, if it’s parked out side.

If the vehicle is parked under cover then place the solar panel outside and run some twin cable to the vehicle.

Whether you use a battery charger or an external mounted solar panel, here is a little trick to jar your memory when you go to get into your vehicle.

Make the lead from the battery charger or solar panel long enough so you can hang the lead over the driver’s side mirror and then you can’t forget you are hooked up.

BTW, up to a 10w solar panel does not need a solar regulator.

Tim, PM sent