Thread: Dual batteries?

You ripper

One for me please.. need another for the classic aswell. A lot of $$ to run a fridge but is worth it

Camo

Camo, PM me your phone number, I have been trying to get in touch with you for a few weeks now, but kept getting side-tracked.

I would like a kit too - no issues with venting gas?

First off, Summiitt, sorry mate for highjacking your thread.

OK folks, as there is a bit of interest, earlier I quoted a guesstimated kit price of around $200.

It will be $250 for the kit but as so many of you are interested, I will have the kit ready by the end of this coming week.

Those who pay between in advance, by Wednesday, can have the kit for $200, including postage, as an introductory price.

Don’t do anything just yet as I will post up a lot more info about the kit, between now and tomorrow evening.

Just to give you some more details, the kit includes a similar In-Cab module to the one supplied with the USI-160, but as the DT90 will NOT have Jump Start or Winch features, because the Land Rover cable running to the back is not suitable, the DT90 In-Cab module will have both a green and red display LED but no mode selection switch.

The In-Cab module does have two miniature DIP switches in it.

These switches will allow you to select two different voltage Cut-OUT levels for both batteries.

The kit will be supplied with the Cut-Out levels set at 12.0v ( 50% SoC ) to isolate the cranking battery and 11.6v ( 20% SoC ) Cut-Out for the Auxiliary battery.

One switch will allow you to set the Cranking battery Cut-Out level to 12.5v ( 90% SoC ) and the second switch will allow you to set the Auxiliary battery Cut-Out to 11.8v ( 35% SoC ).

The two LEDs will not only indicate when the isolator is running in SHARED mode, but will indicate how much of the total useable capacity you have left, so you will, at a glance, know when you need to go for a drive to top up your batteries.

The DT90 In-Cab module is on a short lead so you can locate it in the rear cargo area. But if you want to have it in the front of your RR, it is a simple chore of adding a length of 4 core security cable, which I can supply.

I will post more pictures and info over the next day.

I have 2 smaller batteries in mine - they are Sprinter S12V120 batteries we used to use at work. I have used these for 3 days straight running the Engel with no problems - they were down to about 11.5 volts but I have had no issues with them - not sure if they are really suitable, or what they are worth, but they were lying around looking for something to do, so I used them. Please ignore the wiring, I haven't done much with it - Drivesafe's kit will sort all that out.



Cheers - Gav

Hi Gav and that battery set up is fine.

If you buy a kit, remind me and I’ll two extra cables to allow you to parallel the batteries with thicker cable.

As soon as the whether eases up, I’ll get some more picture and I’ll post up full details in the VERANDAH section but at the full price.

The introductory price is good till the weekend when the kits will be ready.

Cheers and thanks for the orders so far.

Been away for a little while and I am now playing catch up with the various fora.

Count me in for one of these kits please.

Not sure how to get the funds to you Drivesafe but if you, or anyone else, can PM me the details I'll get them to you before the sun sets on Friday.

It's certainly sounding like a great little kit. Looking forward to more of your photos.

Cheers,
Iain

I too can transfer the money on Friday, but like Rangiebit - not sure of the details.


Drivesafe - can you please PM us the details, or post what we need to know?

Cheers - Gav