Thread: D2 Dual Battery Setup

Some people remove bottle the jack and use the space in there to put the isolator. (assuming TD5)

I'm on the home straight doing my install of a 120ah dual battery system with a traxide isolator. I've put it in one of the rear bins as I have a 5 seater not 7. Will load pics soon.

All that remains todo is to wire up my 12v accessories sockets and to make up a bracket to go around the battery so it's fixed in place.

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I used a piece of aluminium plate as a bracket and attached it to the fuse box bolts.
My Boost box and Driving light relays made fitting the SC80 into the Battery box area a bit messy.
The power lead is disconnected at the moment as the Aux Battery is out, so it doesnt normally lay over the fuse box in the pic. It lays neatly around the side normally.
Pic also of my heatshield allowing me a bigger battery.
I have one power socket in the front (top right of heatshield pic) which plugs in to the roof rack for camp lights and roof top tent. The other goes to the rear for the fridge.
cheers

This took alot more time and effort than i thought. finally on the weekend i finsihed the install, i have the dual battery Monitor mouted to the left of the stearing colum and the Piranha 180s controller mounted under my drivers seat. The 120AH battery resides in the rear bin. I bit the bullet and took out the whole rear interior panel and ran all my earth wires to the existing taillight earth.

I also re wired the existing 12V cig plug to the second battery and installed a second factory plug on the other side which u can see in the pic, this to runs off the second battery. i also ran some wires for a rocker switch which will run my two LED lights mounted on my roof racks. all of my accessories will run off the second battery through a 4Gauge to 4x8gauge adaptor and then into a fuse block. all up about 10 hours spent on the install over the weekend.

Originally Posted by strangy

I used a piece of aluminium plate as a bracket and attached it to the fuse box bolts.
My Boost box and Driving light relays made fitting the SC80 into the Battery box area a bit messy.
The power lead is disconnected at the moment as the Aux Battery is out, so it doesnt normally lay over the fuse box in the pic. It lays neatly around the side normally.
Pic also of my heatshield allowing me a bigger battery.
I have one power socket in the front (top right of heatshield pic) which plugs in to the roof rack for camp lights and roof top tent. The other goes to the rear for the fridge.
cheers

Hi mate, thanks for that. That is a very good option. I just need to make sure the earth wire for the SC-80 will reach to the chassis from there.

I particularly like the heatshield pic. Did you make it? Or did you get it made for you? and how did you attach it to the arb tray? Id very much like to copy that design if you dont mind. I think the other heat shields i have seen look far too big.

Hi Damo, feel free to copy.
The side of the shield, beside the turbo, has another fold (I recall about 30mm) which goes under the ARB tray and attaches to the tray using 2 bolts to the existing (tray) captive nuts. The front bolt hole in the shield is actually a slot to make it easier to fit. I made this myself out of 3.0mm Ally scrap. I folded another piece into a "C" section 8mm(H) x 10mm(w) for the battery retaining clamp.
The earth for the SC80 (where mine is mounted)fits perfectly to one of the factory earth points on the inner guard(the earth stud can just be be seen in the 1 st pic near the disconnected plug)

Just make sure you trial fit the bolts for the shield first to ensure they are not above the carrier base, as they will rub holes in your battery otherwise.

Originally Posted by disco_disco

This took alot more time and effort than i thought. finally on the weekend i finsihed the install, i have the dual battery Monitor mouted to the left of the stearing colum and the Piranha 180s controller mounted under my drivers seat. The 120AH battery resides in the rear bin. I bit the bullet and took out the whole rear interior panel and ran all my earth wires to the existing taillight earth.

I also re wired the existing 12V cig plug to the second battery and installed a second factory plug on the other side which u can see in the pic, this to runs off the second battery. i also ran some wires for a rocker switch which will run my two LED lights mounted on my roof racks. all of my accessories will run off the second battery through a 4Gauge to 4x8gauge adaptor and then into a fuse block. all up about 10 hours spent on the install over the weekend.

Hey mate, nice install there!

Im going to be having a go at removing the trim too. I downloaded the Dicso 2 workshop manual which has brief descriptions of how to remove the trim. Wish me luck!

Originally Posted by strangy

Hi Damo, feel free to copy.
The side of the shield, beside the turbo, has another fold (I recall about 30mm) which goes under the ARB tray and attaches to the tray using 2 bolts to the existing (tray) captive nuts. The front bolt hole in the shield is actually a slot to make it easier to fit. I made this myself out of 3.0mm Ally scrap. I folded another piece into a "C" section 8mm(H) x 10mm(w) for the battery retaining clamp.
The earth for the SC80 (where mine is mounted)fits perfectly to one of the factory earth points on the inner guard(the earth stud can just be be seen in the 1 st pic near the disconnected plug)

Just make sure you trial fit the bolts for the shield first to ensure they are not above the carrier base, as they will rub holes in your battery otherwise.

So.. instead of using the captive nuts for the shield/mounting plate supplied by ARB you used them to attach your own shield? Or you still used the ARB shield but slid your shield in there too?

Im not quite sure what you mean by "the front bolt hole in the shield is actually a slot to make it easier to fit."

Im also not sure what you mean with your explanation of the C section?