Deep Cycle Battery

Awesome thanks!

Whats your email address...if there is a way of finding it through the forum, i havent worked it out...new to this forum stuff.

Mine is dylangray@dodo.com.au if you didnt want to put yours up

Thanks

sandman, just purchased ajackaroo se 2001 TD after abit of advice .
my question is just had the aux battery replaced as part of the deal with the caryard,they told me that the biggest d.c battery they could fit underthe hood was a 65ah .
Is this B. S or not. the auto elec who installed this assured
me this would run 60l waeco for acouple of days of
would appreciate you re input being fellow jack owner.
thanks tone.

Tony,

No, not exactly B.S. but depends on what battery you wish to install.

The AGM batteries have a bigger physical footprint. They are usually too long and too high to fit in the Auxiliary cradle.
I currently have an Exide Orbital (55Ah) and that is about the biggest AGM battery that will fit. This doesn't worry me as I also have a portable battery pack of 75Ah capacity (Thumper) which I can also charge off the alternator when travelling.

If you choose a Wet Cell Deep Cycle you should be able to fit a 77Ah battery in. I still have the wet cell at home and will post the battery code this afternoon. (At work this morning)

thanks Sand Man for feed back. Just one other thing total unrelated, checked out your rig, good setup, just wondering why you chose to put boat on camper instead of car as have similar setup and in two minds whether to go racks on camper or car? Biggest concern being on the camper is that continous packing and unpacking, boat will be pain in a?

Tony,

Firstly, the Battery. I check it at home and it is a USB48 (77Ah) from the US. Can't find the model no. on the Internet so it may be a discontinued model.

The Boat. I have never been a fan of having the boat on the roof of the Car.
I used to carry it on top of the Off Road trailer until I bought the Camper.
The Camper (second hand) already had the boat rack on it and as it lifts up and sideways I can raise it to 90 degrees to open the Campers tent (and leave it there) or lower it all the way (opposite side to the tent) whether the camper is in use or not.

The one downside to this is the need for some portable means of getting the boat to the waters edge, which I do either by clamp on jockey wheels, or a foldable boat trailer. Which one I use depends on how far from the water I have camped. The advantage of either of these two options is that you can set up the boat with the outboard mounted and all the gear inside ready to launch.

With a roof mounted boat, the rack would lower the boat behind the vehicle, then you need to set it up. The vehicle would need to be capable of reversing to the waters edge, unless of course you also used the clamp on jockey wheels. These are OK, depending on the boat. If they can't be securely clamped, they have a tendency to twist sideways in soft sand, or mud, making the exercise very interesting indeed.

Well, that is my experience Tony. The foldable trailers are very handy, but of course, you need to be able to transport them. Mine fastens to the top of the boat rack, before the boat goes on, so that both are raised and lowered at the same time, by means of a manual winch and gas assisted struts.