GU Battery Question

Why do you need 3?

Moggs,

I would set your dual battery system and redarc under the hood. Then parallel the third battery in the back of the car. Then when you move it to your camper trailer it is just a case of running the cables further.

I have wired my mates car with a battery in the back, we put in an 80 amp manual resettable circuit breaker the Redarc and the battery. This means you can switch it off if you have battery removed. When you put the battery in the camper trailer this will also work as an isolator. We bought the goodies from Jay-Dee auto cables in Bayswater. Drop me a line if you need the details. They have all auto electrics including heavy duty terminals etc.

Cheers

interesting read.......

Forgot to mention but I think Affordable Batteries do a "Van Charger" kit which uses a solenoid to operate the van current

I have the dual battery system on my car (Pihrana) and have ran a cable back to the van via a resettable breaker and Anderson Plug. You are wecome to check it out if you want as I am in Lysterfield same as you.

Cheers

Cheers

I think they team have given the right advice so far. Install the under bonnet second battery then run a heavy cable to a trailer plug and have the camper battery in parallel. For the Ultimate setup we use a flat 12 pin trailer plug. This avoids the need for seperate anderson plugs. I now have an AGM in the camper and it works well. I have a 12 month old N70 Exide Extreme at home that I'm not using any more - your welcome to it if you need it. I now use Delkor under the bonnet.

Peter

Just glad I can help. I'm in India until the 12th Sept but you can pick the battery up from home if you need it before then. I had it on charge a few weeks ago and held up OK. If after 12th is Ok give me a call and we'll arrange a time to catch up. I'd like to have a look at the wagon in any case - thinking of changing to a 4.2 myself. As for payment - nah don't worry - good to see it being used.

Peter

Gday Moggs

These can get like tyre threads! Personally, I would go with the simple solenoid and heavy cable to your starter, and keep the smart one for the rear battery/camper trailer. From your rig profile it looks like you have an electric winch. The simple solenoid will allow the 2 under bonnet jobbies to be in paralell when winching, halving the load on each. I think (but may stand corrected) that the smart solenoid will disconnect during winching.

I have 2 exide extremes under the bonnet set up in this way, and the 3rd in the cargo area is in a portable box that I have a lead that plugs into one of the waeco type plugs in the back for charging and supplying the circuits with extra power for the fridge etc. The only problem I may have with this is when starting/winching, the power being fed back through this lead may blow a fuse. I haven't come across this problem yet, but would unplug it when winching as a precaution.

envious of your rig

Cheers Andrew