Thread: Traxide battery installation advice

You'll want the optima as it takes charge at a faster rate & therefore "tops up" the cranking battery because it is inevitably in a higher state of charge & because the isolator stays open longer the 2 batteries equalise

Originally Posted by rhinosm

I too have a Traxide system.
Installation instructions good. Take your time.
I went bit over the top and replaced the LHS storage compartment cover with a custom job, including 2 x 12V, 1 x Engel outlet, USB outlet, and an Anderson plug.I also added a 240V investor and outlet.
I left the std outlet as is.
After recent Desert trip, I didn't use the 240v or Andersen outlets at all.
I may remove these and add std outlet to circuit.
I ran fridge and external lights of system which worked well.

I think the 240v outlet is a bit of a trap. When i first saw it in a lc200 i thought oooh i need one of those. Now i can't think what i'd need to plug into it...

We used it once to charge camera battery.
People use them for laptops etc.
I think I will remove it, can do without it.

Originally Posted by drivesafe

Can you post up some of your driving conditions and we can see if we can improve your setup's operation, without changing it.

Heya Tim,

It was me having the issues. My SC80 and Optima are only ~2 years old. Ive had this behaviour before so it's got me worried there's a fault somewhere.

When it happened on the last trip, i'd done a full overnight charge with my Ctek before leaving, and driven all day (4 hours bitumen then low speed offroad all day, don't know if that matters to the alternator).

I was running my Waeco on the 'cool' setting, so not even a deep freeze. Used an LED light strip plugged into one of the back 12v sockets for about an hour. The SC80 had tripped overnight and the fridge was off. My projecta monitor still shows a 12.4v charge on the Optima but the SC80 is flashing. Could the SC80 be tripping early?

Hey Ben,
Take a look at your Waeco manual. They have a low voltage cut out which can cause those symptoms. They come out by default to protect the starter battery - about that voltage you mentioned. I set mine back to cut out at 11.8V and no more problems.
Cheers,
Rob

Originally Posted by jonesy63

Hey Ben,
Take a look at your Waeco manual. They have a low voltage cut out which can cause those symptoms. They come out by default to protect the starter battery - about that voltage you mentioned. I set mine back to cut out at 11.8V and no more problems.
Cheers,
Rob

Hey Rob,

Thanks for that, yeah I originally thought that was it so disabled it on the fridge all together, but the whole Traxide circuit is cutting out, not just the fridge.

Ben - isolating the main battery at 12.0V (Sc80 flashing) does not mean the fridge should cut out. In my case, the CFX50 compressor would switch off but not restart until the voltage got over the default 12.6V (high setting)! I have since adjusted this down to the low setting. Maybe your Waeco has different features - but on the CFX series you can't disable it - low-med-high voltage cut-outs are it.

I have a CF-50. It does have a low/med/high switch, but also a red emergency switch underneath it with on/off. I assumed that gave me the ability the disable the emergency cutout.

I'll try dig up a manual online to confirm. It is already on the low setting though.