Hi folks,
I bought a Ctek D250S charger with every intention of installing it under the bonnet. I've seen a heap of people with them installed under the bonnet without issue. However, today I decided to do a bit more research before diving in to do the job, and found a lot of people recommending not fitting it under the bonnet.
The reason I decided to look was when I unpacked it, I was a little surprised with how "un-water and dust proof" it looked. Considering we do a lot of beach, dirt and dust driving, and are about to head off on a big trip next year, I though I better make sure it WAS OK to be installed under the bonnet.
So I have my second battery under the bonnet as well. It's managed by a Projecta system. We have cables which run down to a small 37L Waeco fridge in the back, and a second set of cables which run down to an Anderson plug that connects to our camper trailer to charge those batteries while we're driving (solar takes over when we arrive).
Clearly I need to keep the charger as close as possible to both batteries. But where can it go? I have bugger all room under the dash to mount. It seems like too much of a run to go in the back. I can't put it under the front seats because we have kids who'll just kick it.
Is there an issue with it being under the bonnet? Does anyone own one who's done a lot of outback touring (IE, Tanami, Oodnadatta, Gibb etc) and have it mounted under the bonnet? And if so, how does it fair? What happens going through a river crossing that's over the bonnet?
Clearly I'm holding off now putting it in. So any advice would be welcome.
Cheers,
Stuart.
I bought a Ctek D250S charger with every intention of installing it under the bonnet. I've seen a heap of people with them installed under the bonnet without issue. However, today I decided to do a bit more research before diving in to do the job, and found a lot of people recommending not fitting it under the bonnet.
The reason I decided to look was when I unpacked it, I was a little surprised with how "un-water and dust proof" it looked. Considering we do a lot of beach, dirt and dust driving, and are about to head off on a big trip next year, I though I better make sure it WAS OK to be installed under the bonnet.
So I have my second battery under the bonnet as well. It's managed by a Projecta system. We have cables which run down to a small 37L Waeco fridge in the back, and a second set of cables which run down to an Anderson plug that connects to our camper trailer to charge those batteries while we're driving (solar takes over when we arrive).
Clearly I need to keep the charger as close as possible to both batteries. But where can it go? I have bugger all room under the dash to mount. It seems like too much of a run to go in the back. I can't put it under the front seats because we have kids who'll just kick it.
Is there an issue with it being under the bonnet? Does anyone own one who's done a lot of outback touring (IE, Tanami, Oodnadatta, Gibb etc) and have it mounted under the bonnet? And if so, how does it fair? What happens going through a river crossing that's over the bonnet?
Clearly I'm holding off now putting it in. So any advice would be welcome.
Cheers,
Stuart.
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