Thread: Aux batt position ,, With duel Air con ?

Originally Posted by rob tilbury

Hi all ,, after the dramas yesterday with the trans
I had the engel fridge on and the boat (250kg`s ) all up ,
anyhow 10 k`s from home we stopped ,, on restart the "S and M " flashing , didnt have the code reader in the car ,, so drove home in 3rd ,,
the P1562 Battery Supply Check code came up .
so changed the battery for a spare i had here on charge

then cleared the code and all good ,,
the battery spins the 350 ci chev in the speed boat fast <
The discovery is so voltage dependant a second battery should be a factory standard ,,,

so where to put one ,,
any ideas ,, ??
The rear air con pipes get in the way for the right side read of engine bay near the modulator ??
Maybe a sealed battery in the back ,,
(will run out of room soon going that way) ,,
has anyone put a sealed Underneath some where ??
Thanks in advance //////

Have a look on the forum for Carl's battery box. Basically it replaces the one with the jack mounting so you put both batts side by side. Does limit the size of battery you use, but it's great. And the jack shouldn't be there anyway.

Here he is.

Overland Designs - Overland and Off Road Accessories

He's a vendor here, carldjohnston I think.

Originally Posted by johntins

Have a look on the forum for Carl's battery box. Basically it replaces the one with the jack mounting so you put both batts side by side. Does limit the size of battery you use, but it's great. And the jack shouldn't be there anyway.

The space where the Jack is looks great for 2 big 6 volt hi cap batteries i have

but 2 12 volt hi cap with a switch would be good also ,,,
Thanks again

Originally Posted by rob tilbury
has anyone put a sealed Underneath some where ??
Thanks in advance //////


Without going out to look, isn't there a space outside on the chassis to put a sealed battery - or am I thinking defender/RRC. Or does the ACE SL have some equipment there?

Originally Posted by gavinwibrow

Originally Posted by rob tilbury
has anyone put a sealed Underneath some where ??
Thanks in advance //////


Without going out to look, isn't there a space outside on the chassis to put a sealed battery - or am I thinking defender/RRC. Or does the ACE SL have some equipment there?

One of the new sealed batteries ,, and a thick bash plate so it dont get whacked

Piranha Dual Battery Tray System Landrover Discovery 2 TD5 Dual AIR CON 99 04 | eBay

This one claims to fit dual ac

Regards

At one stage,
there was a few installed in the unused SLS compressor cradle,,
as usual,, out of site - out of mind, comes into play,,

Originally Posted by northiam

Piranha Dual Battery Tray System Landrover Discovery 2 TD5 Dual AIR CON 99 04 | eBay

This one claims to fit dual ac

Regards

I have one and it does fit in the space but you are limited to a tiny 40Ah battery which is the only one that fits the tray. I gave up replacing the batteries after they cook next to the turbo.

I now simply have a standard 100Ah battery in a box in the boot space and linked to a Traxide dual battery controller.