Thread: Question on Traxide Dual Battery setup

Mine looks like Scott’s but no wires

Will get pic tomorrow

Richard

If figuring out the wiring is a problem you could just use a solar panel to keep the starting battery charged. Works for me.

Hi
I have my chargers on timers to run 3 days a week while I am away fir longer periods ie a week plus

My batteries are at 12.5v this morning so reckon I still have a drain but need to do a bit of a drive to charge them up first

Re photo for Tombie, will post shortly

Richard

Originally Posted by DiscoJeffster

But not a video. You can’t work anything out from a video. Sorry, wrong thread. (run).

Sorry I can't be more detailed but no yellow-green wire. The battery and isolator are in front of the main battery box on passenger side.
A brown wire runs from the bottom of the isolator to an earth stud on car. I can't get a pic of that unfortunately.

Or did you mean a pic of the thing in the driver side box which I have no idea what it is. Will get one of those later as the cover for that box is difficult to remove and put back.

Richard

Tombie, for you

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I think my solution is to move the brown wire from the earth stud on the car to the top pf the isolator as per Scotts set up and put an inline switch into that wire.

re draining, at least when the above is done I can see which of the batteries is being drained, which may help with the search.

Richard

Originally Posted by wbowner

I think my solution is to move the brown wire from the earth stud on the car to the top pf the isolator as per Scotts set up and put an inline switch into that wire.
re draining, at least when the above is done I can see which of the batteries is being drained, which may help with the search.

Richard, you should be able to add a switch (or plug like mine) to the brown wire without shifting it from stud to top of isolator.
It's only an earth wire which just needs a "good" earth connection. Having said that, I think the location as per mine is easier to get at and certainly works so I think slightly better just for that reason.

With the isolator off you have eliminated one battery drain and then you'll need to proceed to eliminate others until you work out if any are excessive That is one in the photo (battery monitor).
I suspect you won't find a faulty one, just a combination of many small ones adding up.

Cheers,
Scott

I’d suggest, having u done the earth stud a multitude of times that you can get it off without disturbing anything else and fit a plug in line.

Only takes a 10mm spinner down the side to loosen and remove the earth point.

For the sake of the test you can then just tape that end off and it’s isolated.

Hi Richard, if you DO NOT have a bull bar, you can easily remove the grill and left headlight assembly.

this will give you easy access to the thin earth wire and you may be able to cut and extend the wire, to be able to mount a switch where you can easily access it.