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  1. 19th April 2013, 08:47 PM #1
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    Traxide dual battery system

    Hi guys, had the Traxide dual battery system fitted to the D4 today. Anyone else have this set up !, thoughts on it ?
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  2. 19th April 2013, 09:45 PM #2
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    Had mine for a while seems fine,works well.

    one thing i do keep an eye on is the battery does not rub on the coolant tank,and the other is i fitted a low voltage cut out to the Engle fridge as it did not have one.Optima advise it should cut out at 10.5V minimum or the battery could be damaged.
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  3. 19th April 2013, 10:23 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by scarry View Post
    Had mine for a while seems fine,works well.

    one thing i do keep an eye on is the battery does not rub on the coolant tank,and the other is i fitted a low voltage cut out to the Engle fridge as it did not have one.Optima advise it should cut out at 10.5V minimum or the battery could be damaged.
    Cheers. The new kits come with a low voltage cutout
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  4. 20th April 2013, 07:15 AM #4
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    Are you asking about the Traxide system in general or your actual installation specifically?

    I have a D3 but my Traxide system has been flawless so far, very happy.
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    I had the traxide kit in my D3 and in the current D4 with the battery in the 2nd battery box on the driver's side in both. Works a treat.
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  6. 20th April 2013, 08:30 AM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by AnD3rew View Post
    Are you asking about the Traxide system in general or your actual installation specifically?

    I have a D3 but my Traxide system has been flawless so far, very happy.
    The Traxide system in general
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  7. 20th April 2013, 11:13 AM #7
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    Great bit of kit never caused a problem.
    Specifically made with D3/4 in mind.
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  8. 20th April 2013, 12:03 PM #8
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    I had mine fitted into the second battery box three years ago

    no problems

    always worked

    my ARB fridge has a low voltage cutout

    GD4
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  9. 20th April 2013, 04:29 PM #9
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    X2 for the comment about watching out for the battery rubbing on the coolant bottle. Especially on heavily corrugated roads. Other than that it's a great bit of kit. Set and forget in my case. Has worked flawlessly running a fridge in the car and powering the caravan fridge.
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    Hi Folks and yes I have had a fair bit of feedback about the battery tray and the hold down bracket.

    There were only a small number that were supplied with the crap bracket and why the supplier changed to that bracket is beyond me.

    While I tried to get the original bracket supplied, they didn’t see a problem with the new one, so I finally bit the bullet and designed my own stainless steel battery tray, which is now supplied with a plastic hold down bracket that sits well clear of everything around it.

    The new tray is easier to fit and has been specifically designed for use with an Optima D34 Yellow Top battery and this also sits well clear of everything in the engine bay.

    Also all kits supplied from now on, that come with the additional rear power socket, are now supplied with my new 30 amp Low Voltage Cut-Out unit, the BG-25.

    I have been planning to add the BG-25 to all my kits some time ago but while I have had test units in operation for about 4 years, I just didn’t have the time to get the new unit into a production version.

    The reason I finally got the units into production was because of a number of events that occurred since Christmas.

    One arrogant new D4 owner, and not one of my customers, ranted about how he was not happy with the way his fridge didn’t run as long as it did in his previous LC100 before the battery was flat, which had the same D34 battery.

    This was a load of crap as the D4 set up gave his D34 twice the capacity but trying to tell him running the D34 flat was not the best thing for his battery was a waste of time.

    Then in a matter of a few weeks, I had a number of customers running their auxiliary batteries flat, but didn’t know it was a No-No to this, they all thought the battery was like a fuel tank and you could “empty” the auxiliary battery.

    So to save people from damaging their auxiliary batteries, the kits now come with the BG-25.

    All the new kits are now easier to fit as more of the kit is supplied as a pre-assembled Plug-N-Play install.

    For Land Rover Specific Dual Battery Systems and Headlight Wiring Upgrade Kits,
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