PROJECT 4, Dual battery set-up for a Defender ( & other 4x4s )

**numpty** · 8th February 2007, 01:43 PM

Originally Posted by sclarke

What size are you guys fitting???
NS70??

I was in Century batteries yesterday as they are one of my clients and i was asking about prices.

I'm looking at fitting 2 Century Marine Pro 500 in Grommet. physical size is 258x172x232. or i'll try to squeze the Pro 600 in, 305x172x232

Prices...... well below Trade

Will do some measurments and go from there.
Grommet has a new battery, which might be 2 big for my needs, but will wait and see.

Clarkie

My second battery is N70Z which if I remember is about the size you quote for the Pro 600 but smaller than standard Defender battery. Sorry can't do better than that at the moment as vehicle is 1400 k's away.

**Captain_Rightfoot** · 18th February 2007, 12:34 AM

I bought a CP882MF from Comet today. It's a 95 AH deep cycle. I'll do some photos once I have it strapped in.

**drivesafe** · 10th March 2007, 09:29 AM

Here’s X-Box's batteries inplace before being wired up, so you can how much room there is.

**Captain_Rightfoot** · 10th March 2007, 01:19 PM

Here is my install.

**drivesafe** · 10th March 2007, 03:33 PM

Sorry Captain, that’s just not good enough.

Take it for a drive and get it dirty, THEN it will look like a genuine fenda

Cheers

**Signal1** · 28th May 2007, 02:19 PM

Does anyone have pics of a Pirhana Battery Tray fitted to a D2? I bought one with the advice that it would fit existing bolts up against the firewall (passenger side) - can only find 1 of the 5 supposed bolts.

Any help would be great.

**LRHybrid100** · 12th September 2007, 03:19 PM

recently installed - not yet connected as I need a good earth strap to connect the 2 batteries.

My -ve lead came through the side of the seatbox which was a bit tight on the battery,

so I moved it to enter the seatbox from the rear

Installed the dual battery controller

Temporary batteries - will be installing Red and Yellow Optimas in the opposite directions

**jik22** · 12th September 2007, 06:57 PM

Originally Posted by LRHybrid100

Temporary batteries - will be installing Red and Yellow Optimas in the opposite directions

If you're going to go that route, it's obviously not a cost sensitive install, so you might like to have a look at the Scorpion Racing dual battery tray - fits very neatly with that style of battery, and I think the Optimas have the holes through them for mounting the same as the Exides do?

DualBatt1.jpg

DualBatt.jpg

**Signal1** · 20th December 2007, 09:36 AM

Originally Posted by Signal1

Does anyone have pics of a Pirhana Battery Tray fitted to a D2? I bought one with the advice that it would fit existing bolts up against the firewall (passenger side) - can only find 1 of the 5 supposed bolts.

Any help would be great.

Have fitted now...all good! cheesy.gif

**Lightweight** · 30th November 2009, 08:39 PM

Hi All,

I have just installed one of traxides SC80 controllers, with a 100ah Aux battery, a fitting for charging of the camper trailer via 50a Anderson plug at the rear and a temporary 2nd Aux battery in the Defender. I have a spare 100ah Lifeline sitting around, so for extended trips i can have plenty of reserve to keep the beer cold and run all of the extras.

It was pretty easy in the end, but given the time i had i thought i would do it right... once. I now have the perfect setup for what i wanted, with good wiring and secure fittings. Happy!

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