ARB dual battery - 80 series - help please

Hi I hope i understood your questions properly...the wiring from ARB to the smart solenoid suggests power come from the box of fuses near the aircleaner is that right.....
Ok they are from the main battery. To control the smart solenoid, that would make sence.
What you can do is this.....Go to a auto parts outlet or a wrecker, and get a fuse box. Attatch it to the aux battery with the large wire from the isolator.
Run all your aux power off this fuse box. If you like, connect the duke box and spotlights up aswell. This gets the aux battery used whilst normal driving.....
Hope this helps
Andrew

ps another way would be to buy a fuseable link setup off a wrecker and then you have a spare if your main one blows.
A

Hi. You should see two small terminals on the soliniod. One is connected to the aux power box and to the aux line and the other to earth. It is advisable to install a good quality thermal overload in the line.

G'day Marko
I think you'll find that the power outlet box is just used to source the power to run the solenoid. When you turn the ignition on the solenoid will connect the batteries thus enabling charge to flow through to the aux battery. When you turn the ignition off the flow is cut and thus the starting battery is isolated from the items drawing power - typically a fridge. So to answer your questions you run the adaptor wires to the deep cycle battery - just like you would for the fridge. That way when the ignition is off your appliances will be drawing power only from the DC battery.

Nah you are right. I installed it last night - works a treat... took about 3hrs. Simple!

Thanks all for the responses.

Marko

(This time in three weeks I'll still be sleeping :-^