Hi to all Terracan owners

G'Day Ants,

I'm also sorting through the mess of a dual battery system. If you want to start an argument just mention "dual battery" around a group of 4wd owners. I made this mistake once and it's amazing how many different setups are around and it seems no one can agree on whats best. My Jerrycan is also an 03 but does not have ABS, so fitting a PiranhaTJM setup under the bonnet is possible. Available space will only permit a small deepcycle 55amp hour, which I believe is too small after doing the power consumption sums. A better choice of battery would help, an AGM or Gel, as you get more power from the same size wet cell battery, and they also recharge faster.
Refer to Jimbo's post 15195, which is a good alternative to fitting the aux battery under the bonnet. I'm in NSW and gave my local battery world a ring and gave them details of Jimbo's setup and they rang back with a quote of $1100 plus, depending on what problems they might run into. This was a bit too much for my budget, so I'm back to square 1. I'm now looking at replacing the original starting battery with a dual purpose gel battery that has starting & deepcycle capacity and using a 3 way fridge instead of a compressor type. I've requested info on these batteries from the manufacturer's but they have not yet replied. All up I find this a real headache. I'll send you an email, I'd love to have a look at your custom bullbar and roof basket.

Cheers,
Mark

Ants, lots of info on Duel Batt mods, I guess your primary concern is what size battery and where to fit. I would be looking at AGM or gel cell batteries, the size/output is much better suited to limited space applications.

About your Jerrycan, any chance of some pics and details ie bullbar-brand type etc?

My father is looking at trading in the JAckaroo for a CRDi Auto Jerrycan and Im all for it, but aftermarket gear atm is the only drawback.

Thanks

Matt

Ants,
I have found a place that does a dual battery setup for your terracans the details are below

Terracan Dual Battery Tray $150 from –
Piranha Off Road Products Pty. Ltd.
Ph (03) 9762-1200

Jason J