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Originally Posted by rijidij
These are for your regulator and alternator.
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Originally Posted by rijidij
These are for your regulator and alternator.
batteries or banjos ?Quote:
Originally Posted by p38arover
Personally i think this is the best way to go. Simple and has a few advantages, the only disadvantage is YOU.Quote:
Originally Posted by rijidij
I don’t like deep cycle batteries, expensive and usually you cant start your motor with them.
I've never forgotten to switch the batteries off long enough to drain both of them at the same time. It's become a habbit whenever we stop somewhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by clean32
I have 2 deep cycle batteries which would take a bloody long time to run flat anyway. And no they are not cheap, but they're the newer type that you can start off......an Optima yellow and an Exide Orbital. Either of these will start my 3.9 Isuzu, but I always start with both unless I've run one pretty low on the fridge etc. Combined, you've got about 1500 CCA.
Cheers, Murray
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Interesting, I never thought you could start, or that you would damage the batteries with a high starting drain. I never have mine on both, the act of one balancing out the other could do some damage as well. So I never have it on both. But I like the idea of having 2 batteries if one stuffs up for starting. I am also lucky that I have 3 large solar panels on the roof, they are a god send really but a bit had on the wind drag.Quote:
Originally Posted by rijidij
cheers thanks for all the info will hopefully have it set up shortly will probably go the pirrahana setup,might take a while need a gearbox fitout or reco one:(:( just to break the bank
i have a similar one fitted, i leave it connected to both all the time, i have 1 x start battery and 2 x 100 amp/hr deep cycle batteriesQuote:
Originally Posted by clean32
i have forgotten a couple of time two switch back.........normally remember as i'm driving along
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ok this has got me all intrested
With the marine fitting, as I understand it.
When on both, is ok if both batteries have the same charge.
If the batteries have unequal charge, by putting it on both the batteries will want to Balance, IE the battery with the higher charge will discharge in to the lower charged battery, they will Balance. The down side of this is that the charging will happen at greater amperage than the lower battery can accept safely, IE you will stuff one or both batteries.
What we do is drive around on one battery to charge, when charged change to the other battery. All systems and the car run on the one battery, until I change it over then we run on the other.
These automatic systems I am uncomfortable with because. Even if the main battery is isolated from the ancillary systems, what happens if the main battery decides to die in the middle of nowhere? Charging the second battery is charged though another control box, these ( when I was looking into it) are quite slow chargers. at the moment we can top up a charge in a few hours driving but with some of these charging systems you would need to drive a bit longer.
The cheaper normal ( quality) car battery) are only % less in capacity IE I have 2 120AH batteries I think its a bit to complicated and risky just for the benefits of 120 + 160 AH batteries for example.
Any way I have the solar as well which helps out a lot, its on all the time, driving or not.
Just my thoughts but i am no expert
Mate, not much crap in your box LOL my wife has filled mine, sun block glasses Bikini toilet paper etcQuote:
Originally Posted by weeds