Dual battery?

[discojools]

Anybody done a dual battery yet?

[zilch]

Anybody done a dual battery yet?

Tate Needham who is on the Australian and global "All New Defender owners group on Facebook as completed this. I just had an anderson plug ffitted or
connecting/charging batteries in the trailer. If you search on those FB groups you should find Tate's post on how he completed the work..

Cheers

Jim

[laughto]

I just had an anderson plug ffitted or
connecting/charging batteries in the trailer. If you search on those FB groups you should find Tate's post on how he completed the work..

Cheers

Jim

Hi Jim, where did you have this done (I am assuming you are in Sydney)? Have just ordered a 110 SE D300 and will need to set up for towing our van when it arrives - early next year!

[zilch]

Hi Jim, where did you have this done (I am assuming you are in Sydney)? Have just ordered a 110 SE D300 and will need to set up for towing our van when it arrives - early next year!

Walkers Electrical in Brookvale, they do all LR Northern beaches work apparently. They fitted the Redarc
pro elite also, basically two cables and the auto setup button as well. The Anderson is a bit of a pig as the cable
has to be run from under the front seat battery compartment through to the rear door, and then pops out into the tow area..
so a lot of interior trim has to come out.

[Garfield]

Hi Jim,

Just wondering with regards to the Anderson plug, could they have not run this from the + and- terminals ( what ever they call them ) in the engine bay ? Sorry if this seems a silly question as I'm not good with electrical. Did you get a voltage sensing relay fitted as well with the Anderson plug ?

Walkers Electrical in Brookvale, they do all LR Northern beaches work apparently. They fitted the Redarc
pro elite also, basically two cables and the auto setup button as well. The Anderson is a bit of a pig as the cable
has to be run from under the front seat battery compartment through to the rear door, and then pops out into the tow area..
so a lot of interior trim has to come out.

[zilch]

Hi Jim,

Just wondering with regards to the Anderson plug, could they have not run this from the + and- terminals ( what ever they call them ) in the engine bay ? Sorry if this seems a silly question as I'm not good with electrical. Did you get a voltage sensing relay fitted as well with the Anderson plug ?

Yes they fitted a Redarc smart start isolator, that is why i think he installed next to and ran from the battery compartment which
is under the drivers seat. Not sure if you could do if direct from the terminals in the engine bay to be honest, most installs
i have seen on the book of faces seem to favour the battery compartment

[Garfield]

With my D4 the sparky connected the VSR to the battery in the engine bay and then ran the Anderson plug through the under carriage ( through flexible conduit ) to the rear and put a Anderson plug on, that has a led light that aluminates when current is available ( VSR is open ). Just thought it maybe easier than pulling out the interior to get the lead to the rear bumper.

I guess also I would like to keep the interior of the vehicle waterproof, it will do river crossings.

Thanks for the info Zilch

Yes they fitted a Redarc smart start isolator, that is why i think he installed next to and ran from the battery compartment which
is under the drivers seat. Not sure if you could do if direct from the terminals in the engine bay to be honest, most installs
i have seen on the book of faces seem to favour the battery compartment

[DiscoJeffster]

With my D4 the sparky connected the VSR to the battery in the engine bay and then ran the Anderson plug through the under carriage ( through flexible conduit ) to the rear and put a Anderson plug on, that has a led light that aluminates when current is available ( VSR is open ). Just thought it maybe easier than pulling out the interior to get the lead to the rear bumper.

I guess also I would like to keep the interior of the vehicle waterproof, it will do river crossings.

Thanks for the info Zilch

I did the same and my mechanic didn’t complain when they did a body off, but it does add another complication to the body removal procedure. If you keep the cables inside the vehicle the cabling doesn’t impact the body removal

[TB]

I did the same and my mechanic didn’t complain when they did a body off, but it does add another complication to the body removal procedure. If you keep the cables inside the vehicle the cabling doesn’t impact the body removal

There's no such thing as "body off" with the new Defender. It's a monocoque.

[DiscoJeffster]

There's no such thing as "body off" with the new Defender. It's a monocoque.

I’m aware. Sorry, the comment was in reference to a D4 comment which I guess you didn’t pick up on. Thread diverted.