Thread: Traxide vs. Redarc

Hi,
Leech is rather a provocative word to use, yes it does allow the two batteries to stay connected for a while, so you have access to some of the power from the starter battery.
There is enough left to start though.
There is a small current drawer on the starter battery to run the Traxide unit, as I suspect would be the case with other devices.
But there is a parasitic draw from security devices and computers in most modern vehicles that will draw down the battery over a period of some weeks.
Cheers

Hi Brian and thanks for the post.


First off, from what you have posted, I get the impression your auto electrician is happy to use any lie he thinks he can get away with, to con people into thinking he is an expert when he is nothing more than a dishonest salesman, and definitely no expert.


My isolators are sold with a 5 year no questions asked warranty, and if anybody had had a problem with my gear, I think they would have contacted me, especially before having to pay some crook to “UNDO” one of my systems and then pay for something else.


In the last 12 years I have supplied over 4,000 systems, worldwide for D3s and D4s and in that time, I have only had two occasions where my isolators were replaced with something else. One of these was because the isolator, an SC80, was not suitable for use with a winch.


But the customer did not have a winch when he bought the SC80 for his Nissan, and had he contacted me first, instead of listening to another “expert” auto electrician, the customer could have had a simple marine battery switch fitted, for a hell of a lot less than what he was conned into paying, and I can assure you, the customer was NOT impressed when he found out what he could have done, with the setup he already had.


The other was a D4 owner who, again, was conned into replacing one of my isolators with a DC/DC device.


I only found out about the D4 when the customer called me to find out why his system did not work with my isolator and was now even worse with the DC/DC device.


The guy hardly drove his D4 and this was his problem, a problem that was fixed by him connecting a solar panel to his D4 while it was not being used.


Brian, this may sound like sales hype, AND IT IS, but there is no other system on the market that gives anywhere near the benefits my systems do and no other system looks after ALL your batteries as well as mine does.


At this point in time, I will leave this as my reply but if you want more specifics, and an HONEST comparison between my systems and any other, just ask.

While we wait for Tim to answer this properly, it's a half truth; yes they do allow the the main battery to drain down and no its not a problem. They are designed to draw off both batteries until they reach a certain cut-off voltage (can't recall what it is off the top of my head). Once that voltage is reached then it isolates the aux battery. It leaves plenty for starting.

I'm on my fourth Traxide System and so far have had zero problems with this set-up. The D4 kit is very good, easy to install and reliable.

Cheers,
Jon

Beat me to it!

Originally Posted by BrianElloy

He said not to touch the traxide as they 'leach from the main battery, dropping voltage to 12.1V'.

at least he got the facts right.
just he needs to work on the interpretation.

Hi again Brian and sorry mate, there were two other occasions where my isolators were replaced.


One was a Land Rover owner, who was given incorrect info about how another brand of isolator worked so he replaced an SC40 with something else.


The other, and I am not sure whether Weeds replaced it in an existing vehicle, or just used a different brand of isolator in a new vehicle.


With a bit of luck, Weeds might post up and give you his reason for the different isolator use.

Gents - thanks for all the quick replies and certainly no offence intended at any stage, to anyone.

To be clear, my auto electrician is "me" - not this bloke - i just bought a pretty solid driving light bracket assembly from him and we got talking.

To Mr Traxide - no offence dude - was an honest question, and the number of your installations I'm sure speak more loudly than any one auto-sparky.

To everyone else - this was an honest question, as I was prepped to move on a Traxide unit (note I have a V8 so I need the D3 unit apparently due to the dual air-filter real-estate problem I'm facing) but the comment made to me by the sparky caused me reason to pause ....

regards to all

Brian

Originally Posted by BrianElloy

To Mr Traxide - no offence dude - was an honest question.
Brian

Hi Brian and I took your post as being just that, an honest question and I was not offered in the least.

Again, thanks for posting the question in the first place.