Thread: Defender Dual Battery install

I will try to get my brother to take so pics and put them on.

Otherwise you can come around and I will show you what i did.

Vlad post is a link to a previous post I put up about this problem and my above post is the solution end result- just to mount on vehicle now. I am going to put up full photo's of finished result in the above link so that it details the whole procedure for future reference for anyone doing the same thing. Cheers,
Pullsy

for a dual battery conversion why not use http://www.traxide.com.au/ like Inc has on his Disco.

LRH

Dual battery set up in my defender


with an Armstrong isolator




Bushie

I use a Red Arc- aussie company good product- simple solinoid product with anti-spike protection for computer cars- easy for owner install and very helpful company when I rang about specs etc. Cost was $129 so lots cheaper than some similar systems. Cheers,
Pullsy

http://www.redarc.com.au/

I'm running 3x Optimas (1x Red & 2x Yellow) and a split charge in my 110, all of which fit snugly into the battery box under the passenger seat. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img]

The Red is for SLI and split off from the 2x Yellow which are wired in parallel and then through an isolator to the accessories.

Mark.

Hi camel_landy, what sort of isolators do you have over there and is there much calling for them.

Cheers

The isolator is handy to stop people fiddling with your winch but the main reason is for safety... i.e. to cut the power to the winch in case of emergency.

There's a number of different types available (depending what you want to do) but the one I've got in my truck is a standard fitment by Special Vehicles. It's basically just a heavy duty switch on the end of a lever!

Mark.