Anderson extension
Submitted: Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at 17:43
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Member - Odog
Hi all
I have an Anderson plug on the rear of the prado, for the ct.. But have just purchased a battery box for somewhere, in the rear of the car, for an up coming trip, without the ct.
We wish to fit an Anderson plug in the rear of the car, to charge the new battery box, which I'm planning on placing a 105ah deep cycle agm In.
This will be via a 1240 bcdc redarc, under the bonnet.
Just wondering, which is the best way to go about it, do I cut into the existing cable to the Anderson plug on the rear, and just run that up inside the rear of the car?
I had a look at it this arvo, and the anderson plug looks like you would not be able to fit another set of wires into the plug, due to the thickness of the existing cables.. Any suggestions on this would be a big help, I'd like to do it the right way.. Cheers all Odog
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Reply By: Sand Man (SA) - Wednesday, Jun 01, 2016 at 07:50
Wednesday, Jun 01, 2016 at 07:50
The best way would be to run a minimum 8 B&S twin cable from the primary battery to the rear inside of the car, terminating in an Anderson connector.
Then plug in the Redarc to this and then to the battery box.
If you want the best for your camper too, you could incorporate a Y cable (also in 8 B&S) so you can run a patch lead cable of the same size to connect your camper to. This will give a better solution to control charging of both the auxiliary battery and the camper battery bank from the Redarc 1240 bcdc.
In any case, I would not mount the Redarc under the bonnet. Too hot in there and the Redarc dc-dc charger is not cheap.
I run a similar setup but use a Ctek D250S, which in my case is mounted in the camper boot, next to the two 100Ah batteries.
I just run a "patch lead" from the Anderson connector via a "Y" cable, one run to the auxiliary battery box, which has its own built-in isolator and another run out the tailgate to connect the camper to.
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