Thread: Is my rear power socket broken? or is it meant to be this way?

Hi Peter, I am posting some photos in the next few days

Will be good to check out how it looks

Dorko

Originally Posted by Dorko

Apartently ARB is makign this bracket to go in the engine bay, next to the wiper filler.

I just open my bonnet and yes there is a big-ish gap.

Am i missing something?

Dorko

Hi Dorko,
Not for our market anyway.
In Europe they have what is called a "Fuel Burning Heater"
It pre heats the cabin & the coolant for the vehicle.

We are classed as a Hot Climate, therefore not needed.

Cheers

Awww thank you... so has anyone else made a bracket to plug a battery here and then using the above product to wire it together?

Dorko

Graeme did a test & fitted his battery in this position & gained some figures wrt temps at this position.
He summarised that the battery would die in approx 6 months due to the massive amount of heat that the engine bay retains.
Hense why no one else has gone there.
If ARB decide to make a tray as they usually do, then again it would be useless as the battery would die unless they make some sort of compartment.

Cheers

Would a case work/ improve life?

Dorko

Hi Dorko, years ago a mate and I manufactured a small number of battery mounts for the D2s.

We made them out of stainless steel and supplied them with a stainless steel heat shield.

This improved the life span of batteries mounted close to the engine like they were in the D2, but the batteries still seemed to have a less than expected life spans.

The D4 engine bay is likely to be worse as there is no way to vent air around the battery so just putting the battery in a box may help but I suspect they will still have a less than average life span.

The other problem is that you are still restricted to a fairly small battery and it would have to be something like an Optima to be able to tolerate the extreme conditions.

If your going to go to such extremes and still only end up with a small battery, then the re-arranging of the auxiliary battery compartment is in my opinion the better option.

I personally prefer not to play around with the gear in the auxiliary battery compartment and by putting the battery in the rear cargo area, ( and this will not suit some people ) but you can then use any type and size of battery you want.