Thread: Triton Dual battery

Originally Posted by crump

(is actually asking this question a banning offence?)

No.... but the answers you get might be

If you got very fat wires to accomodate the voltage drop from the length of them you could mount them in the back tray area.

Costly but it is one solution.

How dare you mention one of those filthy words here, japanese sh@tbox i mean .

Uhm, depends what he wants to be doing with the battery. If he feels he's going to be needing it for starting purposes, no matter where he puts it I wouldn't go under 2 B&S (Battery and starter) sized cable. (Dont ask me the copper diam coz I cant remember!). Naturally, it's going to be very large cable if he mounts it in the rear of the vehicle and needs to start with it. Personally, I'd just carry jumper-leads. But anyways I'm getting off track. Thinking thinking...tritons...They never did leave too much space under bonnet for those things. So saying, I'm running on memory here. In the tray isn't going to be as expensive as you think, a couple of extra meters of cabling, perhaps a pair of anderson plugs so you can detatch the battery (and use the same plug for your fridge if you feel the urge). You can get some good quality mounting boxes nowdays for around $50 I think...at least I can get 'em for around 50.

Ohhh and I think dobbo's version and my version of very fat wire might differ immensely.

Curiously crump, what secondary battery setup do you run?

Curiously crump, what secondary battery setup do you run?[/quote]

what , in my Triton? Have a cranking and deep cycle with an isolator, funnily enough the last deep cycle never had enuff amps to start the beast from new, but the current one does.

My brother's tri too has a dual battery setup but it is a 95 model. I have to say nice things about the tri too cause it is my landy recovery vehicle - but they are crap.

Originally Posted by Relay

Uhm, depends what he wants to be doing with the battery. If he feels he's going to be needing it for starting purposes, no matter where he puts it I wouldn't go under 2 B&S (Battery and starter) sized cable. (Dont ask me the copper diam coz I cant remember!). Naturally, it's going to be very large cable if he mounts it in the rear of the vehicle and needs to start with it. Personally, I'd just carry jumper-leads. But anyways I'm getting off track. Thinking thinking...tritons...They never did leave too much space under bonnet for those things. So saying, I'm running on memory here. In the tray isn't going to be as expensive as you think, a couple of extra meters of cabling, perhaps a pair of anderson plugs so you can detatch the battery (and use the same plug for your fridge if you feel the urge). You can get some good quality mounting boxes nowdays for around $50 I think...at least I can get 'em for around 50.

Ohhh and I think dobbo's version and my version of very fat wire might differ immensely.

Curiously crump, what secondary battery setup do you run?

So what gauge wire would you use then?

Originally Posted by crump

what , in my Triton? Have a cranking and deep cycle with an isolator, funnily enough the last deep cycle never had enuff amps to start the beast from new, but the current one does.

Never put my and Triton in the same sentence please...Ironically I run aux deep cycle battery too, but I know mine wouldn't be able to start my car. Have you opted for one of the marine battery styles, where you get cranking capacity and deep cycle ability all in one? I install them in vehicles all the time, but would love to know how people find them so that when my aux finally gives up it's argument with the fridge I know what to get!