Here are some photos of my dual battery installation. I did the install last year but haven't got off my tail to post the pics here.
The battery tray was bolted to the steel wheel arch using one existing bolt hole and additional rivnuts. The left hand end is packed up using a 50mm x 50mm section of aluminium tube. This is bolted to the wheel arch and to the battery tray.
Here you can see the bracket I fabricated to support the air intake.
Another shot.
Here you can see the new mounting position for the power steering hydraulic reservoir. The original bracket had it's legs cut off and a new mounting hole drilled in the corner. This is then bolted to an existing bracket further aft in the engine bay. The hydraulic hoses are long enough to accommodate this new position without any problems.
From above showing the Redarc Isolator mounted on the side of the engine bay. It is mounted using an existing bolt and an additional bolt into a rivnut I installed.
The relocated power steering hydraulic reservoir.
Some completed installation shots showing the isolator mounting.
The finished installation. The battery has since gone to god, so has another one the same. They were on the chuck out pile from one of the UPSs at work, they were kinda old. Obviously Chinese junk. I have a Yuasa installed now and it's fine.
I'm very happy with the dual battery set up, currently it runs my HF/VHF/UHF radio setup (I'm an amateur radio operator VK2AFL) and also runs my UHF CB. It will soon run my worklight/reverse light installation, and a fridge when I get one.
I have just installed a winch connected to this battery, and I've used the "override" function of the Redarc isolator to parallel the batteries together when winching, it works a treat.
Give me a shout if you would like any finer details on how it's done. It beats paying some other monkey to do the work for you.
Higher resolution images are available here.
Cheers,
Drew.
The battery tray was bolted to the steel wheel arch using one existing bolt hole and additional rivnuts. The left hand end is packed up using a 50mm x 50mm section of aluminium tube. This is bolted to the wheel arch and to the battery tray.
Here you can see the bracket I fabricated to support the air intake.
Another shot.
Here you can see the new mounting position for the power steering hydraulic reservoir. The original bracket had it's legs cut off and a new mounting hole drilled in the corner. This is then bolted to an existing bracket further aft in the engine bay. The hydraulic hoses are long enough to accommodate this new position without any problems.
From above showing the Redarc Isolator mounted on the side of the engine bay. It is mounted using an existing bolt and an additional bolt into a rivnut I installed.
The relocated power steering hydraulic reservoir.
Some completed installation shots showing the isolator mounting.
The finished installation. The battery has since gone to god, so has another one the same. They were on the chuck out pile from one of the UPSs at work, they were kinda old. Obviously Chinese junk. I have a Yuasa installed now and it's fine.
I'm very happy with the dual battery set up, currently it runs my HF/VHF/UHF radio setup (I'm an amateur radio operator VK2AFL) and also runs my UHF CB. It will soon run my worklight/reverse light installation, and a fridge when I get one.
I have just installed a winch connected to this battery, and I've used the "override" function of the Redarc isolator to parallel the batteries together when winching, it works a treat.
Give me a shout if you would like any finer details on how it's done. It beats paying some other monkey to do the work for you.
Higher resolution images are available here.
Cheers,
Drew.
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