smart charger perm connected to my second battery????

G'day Aussie,
I don't think I'd be mounting the 240v charger under the bonnet, as the conditions it would be subjected to there (ie: extreme heat and possibly water etc) would do it no good at all.

However, I think you've seen my 3 stage charger set-up and there is no reason why you couldn't set-up something similar inside your Patrol and then run a pair of 6mm cables through the firewall and hook them to the battery.
The 240v cabling needs to be well shielded (I use garden hose) to get it from the "INLET" socket to the charger; with a circuit breaker as close as possible to the INLET socket.
Cheers mate
Roachie

I reckon that a certain sponsors page will tell you some good ones mate I can see it to the right if here now. That aside I tend to agree with Roachie though about mounting under the bonnet. How about up high in th rear?

Good to see you around again mate too........

thanks John & bill
Yes i have seen yrs Roachie & was going to give u a call about how u have yrs set up
Catch up soon
warren

Hi warren,
Yes its way too long mate what ya bin up too???, as if I need to ask, and oh yes your older than us now tooooooo arent you ! LOL

I have a 12A jaycar 3 stage ( $99) charger mounted up in the back and it is hard wired into the 12v system and all i do is run a lead into back each night and plug it in and away it goes.

Need to come up with a fulproof method of not forgetting to unplug it when you drive off ahhaha, looks funny when someone else is driving down the road in ya rig with 30m of flex waving behind.

Cheers Pesty

Hi Pesty
Yes been a while & yes u know what i've been up too too much cooking lol
I thought its about time i got a systemin the Trol so i like you & bill can just plug it in @ night so i can have the fridge running all day everyday

& yes i am older than u & bill for a few months till u catch up with me lol
Seeing we where all born in the year of the chiko roll the year the xhiko roll was invented for those who dont know was 1955
tell me how you have yrs installed & how u have insulated the leads to the battery with hose like Bill ???
warren

Not necessarilly the best , but REPCO stock a smart charger which is designed to be permanently mounted . If my memory is correct , the suggested mounting position is under the battery . Probably worthwhile to read the info on the box to see if it suits .

Hi Aussichef

The Ctek XS7000 is compact and can be mounted under the dash or under a seat.

Perhaps place it under the drivers seat where you can see it as you climb in.

They are quite waterproof so water crossings won't damage it unless you down the 4wd.

I would not mount a charger under the bonnet.



Regards

Derek.

Derek,

I am looking for a solution for our camper. It will soon have 2 Fullriver 120 AH batteries. I want a device that will allow these to be smart charged by either current from the vehicle alternator (when running) or from 240 genny/mains power (when available). I want this device to be fully automatic in that it senses available power from either DC or AC and then proceeds to smart charge the batteries (bulk/float etc).

There seem to be hundreds of types of chargers/inverters/dc converters and things but I cannot find what I want.

If this cannot be done in a single device then what is the best setup to achieve what I want - being smart charging of battery bank from either 12-14v dc or 240v ac (priority to ac whan available).

Based on battery bank of 240AH I would be wanting something with charging output of around 25-40 amps?

Cheers

Muddy