Hello all. I was viewing an archived thread recently that I was interested in but couldn't reply to it so thought I would post a couple of questions about it.
It was in regards to having an AGM battery in a battery box sitting on the floor behind the drivers
seat as the second battery. Wiring up the isolator under the bonnet, run the cables through to the back
seat area somehow and use an Anderson plug to connect to the battery. I have a 97 twin cab hilux , I can't put a battery under the bonnet and don't really want to put the battery in the tray either so thought this might be a good idea. Could any tell me if this is a totally viable option for me. All I want to do is power a waeco fridge, nothing more. I like to get away for weekends camping, sometimes longer trips away, but not often am I staying put in the one place for more than 3 or 4 days.
I do have a couple of questions.
Seeing as the battery would be inside the hilux, that would mean having to run both positive and negative cables from the main battery to the AGM, instead of earthing to the chassis etc, is that correct?s.
If I was to go with the Anderson plug option I am assuming that I need 2 of them on the battery box. 1 for the cables to run from the cranking battery, then another to run to the fridge( assuming I put an Anderson plug on the fridge cable). Would this all be easy to wiring up?
Last question. Would 6 b&s cable be fine for this?. I see there are cable kits on ebay for around 130$, 6b&s cake and 140A isolator. Ok?.
Really, I want as basic a setup as possible, running the fride is all I want. Any ideas would be appreciated.