Dual Battery in 2004 Prado GXL
Submitted: Saturday, Jul 10, 2004 at 11:50
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North Coast Bob
Hi Guys,
Have a 2004 Prado GXL and wish to fit a dual battery system. I have searched the archives but could find any references to this years model. It seems there in not enough space in the engine bay to put in a second battery. One dealer says it must go in the boot area. I'm not impressed with this idea as it takes up valuable space. Anyone got any suggestions?
Reply By: DrewT - Wednesday, Jul 14, 2004 at 16:02
Wednesday, Jul 14, 2004 at 16:02
Hi. I recently installed a aux bty on a Prado120 (V6). Used a Pirahna tray simply because i was told it was a bit fiddly relocating the power steering reservoir away from behind the RHS headlight & the Pirahna tray comes with the brackets for the reservoir relocation. Instructions/diagrams with the Pirahna kit are pretty crappy & like most things you could make up a tray yourself once you see what they have used as the mounting points etc (i still have the Pirahna instructions if you want a copy).
Also used:
- Redarc isolator
- 8mm2 cabling throughout (to isolator & to aux loads)
- full size Exide Extreme cranking bty
- Jaycar voltage indication battery terminal (only $30)
Only thing i'd like to add in due course is a low voltage aux load cutout (per Jaycar 'low voltage alarm', but replacing the actual alarm with a relay)
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