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Car Forum / Australian Car Forums / 4x4 Cars (Australian group) / March 2005auxillary battery for 100 series
The Turbo Diesel GXL 100 series already has 2 batteries installed to cope with all of the powered accessories etc etc. Where do I install another battery to operate the fridge, lights etc and have the ability to isolate it from the original 2 batts. There is a little room on the passenger side inner guard but the battery wouldnt be very big. Am I faced with needing to get a gel battery and install it on the inside of the car? Thanks for the replies. > The Turbo Diesel GXL 100 series already has 2 batteries installed to cope > with all of the powered accessories etc etc. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Thanks for the replies. I doubt the one battery would have any problem running the powered stuff(upgrade to a larger main battery) and use the second for the auxiliary and use an isolator be a lot easier than trying to find somewhere to put another battery a small battery would not be much good for a fridge and lights a reasonable size fridge would drain a small battery in a couple of hours Kev A workmate had just bought a 100 series dx. Went hiking and left the parkers/lights on...3 days later he returned. "But I thought it had two batteries" he said. I've flattened two batteries in my 80 series. The isolator needs voltage in the main to work. Cheers Jim > > The Turbo Diesel GXL 100 series already has 2 batteries installed to cope > > with all of the powered accessories etc etc. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Kev > Where do I install another battery to operate the fridge, lights etc > and have the ability to isolate it from the original 2 batts. There > is a little room on the passenger side inner guard but the battery > wouldnt be very big. Am I faced with needing to get a gel battery > and install it on the inside of the car? Can't tell you where to put the extra battery on a GXL, but can talk about where the one on my HiLux went. I have a (gasp shock horror) Surf.... It aready has two batteries, I wanted a third for running fridge ligts etc. Borrowed (but will in time buy) from a mate two 6 volt "flat" gel batteries, they are approximately the normal length and height of a "standard" battery, but only half the width. Have them in their brackets bolted up on top of the spare tyre carrier under the vehicle. Being gel cells they are indifferent to being on their side. I've made a temporary diode blocked plice into the charging circuit to keep them topped up and a piece of wood with a couple of GPOs on it cable tied to the tow bar so that I can draw power from them when we go camping over Easter. If this works as well as I hope, I'll buy my own pair of batteries and think up a more elegant mount for them. Tony Smith "Tony Smith" <adolphuzspriggs@ hotmail.com> wrote in message> I have a (gasp shock horror) Surf.... Do HiClones work on them? I bet you cant get insurance. I bet you cant get spare parts. I bet you don't know what a Troll is. (Bit of rain up in Cairns Tony? Dry as a Nuns here. ) Tonights my Friday night , 4x and Zappa ( heard the track F*** Yourself?) .....downloaded it a few days ago. Playing it to death One of Franks finest, I think "Tony Smith" <adolphuzspriggs@ hotmail.com> wrote in message> I have a (gasp shock horror) Surf.... Do HiClones work on them? I bet you cant get insurance. I bet you cant get spare parts. I bet you don't know what a Troll is. (Bit of rain up in Cairns Tony? Dry as a Nuns here. ) Tonights my Friday night , 4x and Zappa ( heard the track F*** Yourself?) .....downloaded it a few days ago. Playing it to death One of Franks finest, I think > "Tony Smith" <adolphuzspriggs@ hotmail.com> wrote in message> > I have a (gasp shock horror) Surf.... > > Do HiClones work on them? As well as they do on any Vehicle. no worries wityh them rotten grey imports there. > I bet you cant get insurance. Dunno... Cause I own th erotten thing, never bothered with more than 3rd party fire and theft. > I bet you cant get spare parts. Well, I did have to rebuild the engine last year. Some parts were a bit (lot) more expensive than the Ozzie model, but I had the complete rebuild kit, plus extras, 5 days after ordering it. And not one bit was OEM toyota...... > I bet you don't know what a Troll is. Do they talk to cars and say silly things calculated to annoy others? > (Bit of rain up in Cairns Tony? Dry as a Nuns here. ) Bloody Oath. My home made rain guage reckoned 6 inches since lunch time Friday as at Lunch time today.... Only time I've ever seen heavier rain than Friday was in Giru in 1967, it rained an inch an hour for just over 16 hours..... That was heavy rain. > Tonights my Friday night , 4x and Zappa ( heard the track F*** > Yourself?) Not actually. I don't really have fav Zapa songs, more fav albums (Joe's Garage). But if I had to pick a track, "hot rats" or "peaches on regalia" would prolly be it. > .....downloaded it a few days ago. I'm gonna ring my mate Michael Speck and dob you right in..... (Now watch Barnsey come back and tell us it was a legit iTunes download) > Playing it to death > > One of Franks finest, I think Just about anything by Zappa is just fine by me. Cheers Tony Smith Usually people upgrade the size of the drivers side battery, then this is big enough to run everything, I am told the main reason for the second battery is ease of starting, the engine systems etc drain no more power than a petrol model, the only difference is the glow plugs. So after installing a big capacity battery in the drivers side you rehash the wiring so everything runs off that battery, then change the other battery and install a third battery in the passenger side inner guard ( both being the largest gel batteries you can fit in the holders, more power per square inch) talk to ARB or someone like them as they have a holder that takes the third battery with all the holes in the right places. If you are travelling all the time (each day) you don't really need a third battery, on our last trip to Cairns we had the fridge in the car and the lights in the van running off the standard car batteries overnight and the 100 series started no problem each morning, but if you intend on stopping for a few days then you will need them. > The Turbo Diesel GXL 100 series already has 2 batteries installed to cope > with all of the powered accessories etc etc. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Thanks for the replies. Thanks for the reply. I will visit ARB and have a chat.. It shouldnt be too hard to run everything off the one battery. Good Idea. Tahnks again for the reply....appreciated. > Usually people upgrade the size of the drivers side battery, then this is > big enough to run everything, I am told the main reason for the second [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > > > Thanks for the replies. Doh didn't I just say that Oh well Kev > Thanks for the reply. > [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] > > > > > > Thanks for the replies. |
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