Which battery?

[O Dog Find all posts View Profile Close O Dog]

G'day guys, just looking for suggestions, on replacing the second battery, under the bonnet of my 150 gxl. Currently it has a 65ah, think its a century, wet cell deep cycle.. Hooked up to a redarc bcdc40amp, which also runs to the Anderson plug for the camp trailer.. The room is limited, under the bonnet, and wondering if anyone has managed to fit anything a bit bigger, as in amp hrs.. Or has any suggestions.. Thanks Odog

[Retreads Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Retreads]

I notice you are in Quenbeyan, the guys out at Gibbs Auto electrical just yesterday put a Century marine Pro 720 in my 120 Series. it is 100ah and they are on sale at BCF at the moment for 20% off. I am charging mine with a BCDC 1225 not the 1240 so not sure if this battery would be suitable for the bigger redarc charger. Might be worth asking anyway.

http://www.bcf.com.au/online-store/p...ecommendations

[Mattfunk 120 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Mattfunk 120]

Marine pros can be charged directly off an alternator so current won't be an issue.

I have one also & no problems. Only 2.5 years old. 2 yr warranty too.
Matt


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[Fred63 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Fred63]

i have the Century marine Pro 620 which is 75 AH i am also using the 1225 DCDC charger. the battery just fits 150 TD
As mentioned by retreads the 1240 may not be suitable due to the output current.

[LeighW Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close LeighW]

Gentlemen,

DCDC chargers don't charge at there maximum rate all the time, as the battery charges it will reduce its current draw, the maximum you'll see is 40A in the case of a 40A charger.

Marine pros are designed to charge of an alternator, if the battery is low the intial charging current will be a lot higher than 40 amps. Connecting it to a 40A charger shouldn't be an issue, however there have been posts of faulty 40A Redarc chargers causing overcharging issues on other forums.

[JimmyC Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close JimmyC]

Will an N70T 100ah fit in a piranha tray? Can't find a straight answer to that one

[LeighW Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close LeighW]

Piranha show fits ST27DC95 which is 304x174x225, N70T = 306x171x222 they are
very similar sizes, I'd be very surprised if the tray wasn't larger by a few mm.

[Fred63 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Fred63]

Jimmy
The Air cond pipe will be the issue if you have 3L D4D
Even with the marine pro 620 which i think is about 285 mm i still needed to move it about 5-10 mm

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Jimmy
The Air cond pipe will be the issue if you have 3L D4D
Even with the marine pro 620 which i think is about 285 mm i still needed to move it about 5-10 mm

If Toyota only fixed this little (not) issue a long time ago - I think the only real good improvement made on the 2016 2.8L models is this PIA aircon pipe design.
The new 2.8l TD has a different aircon pipe design - probably due to all the complaints. You can now propably fit a 125Amp in there. Im stuck with a 60Amp.

I had 2 batteries that I used for camping - so was not about to blow $300 on a new one.
http://www.aussiebatteries.com.au/ba...-cycle-battery
- had to add a large-flat bar on-top of battery, as the ARB bracket bent as the battery is "thinner" than the yellow-top designed for the ARB bracket.

[slydar Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close slydar]

they are on sale at BCF at the moment for 20% off

cheers, raced down and bought a 730

[O Dog Find all posts View Profile Close O Dog]

Jimmy
The Air cond pipe will be the issue if you have 3L D4D
Even with the marine pro 620 which i think is about 285 mm i still needed to move it about 5-10 mm

G'day Fred, just quick question, how did you go about moving the air con pipe? Would love to fit a bit bigger battery in there.. Cheers. Odog

[Joe Lighty Member Find all posts View Profile Close Joe Lighty]

Yeah, I haven't been game enough to move (ie bend) my aircon pipe - it is "just" touching the battery tray and I know that's not a good situation.
Any advice gratefully received!

[Fred63 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Fred63]

G'day Fred, just quick question, how did you go about moving the air con pipe? Would love to fit a bit bigger battery in there.. Cheers. Odog

I made a small plate out of 3 mm thick steel and drilled 2 holes in it.
unbolted the bracket holing the pipe clamp and bolted the new plate to the existing threaded hole where the clamp was.
Bolted the clamp to to the new plate in the second hole.
From memory the plate i made was 20mm X 40 mm the holes were spaced about 10mm apart so it moved the pipe clamp about 10 mm as the pipe clamp is rubber mounted i flexed back a bit..
i did not bend the pipe i just pushed it out.
Would of liked a bigger battery but did not want to push the pipe out any further.
As it is the 75AH battery meets my requirements.
2-3 days running the fridge as a freezer depending on temp before low voltage cutout.
Not very often the car would sit for 2 days without being driven when we are away, but have a solar panel to use if parked up for a couple of days.

[O Dog Find all posts View Profile Close O Dog]

Thanks Fred, I'll have a closer look at it, I'd be happy with a 75ah in there, like you said, it's not often the car sits for 2 or 3 days when traveling.. Cheers for that.. Odog

[Fred63 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Fred63]

Thanks Fred, I'll have a closer look at it, I'd be happy with a 75ah in there, like you said, it's not often the car sits for 2 or 3 days when traveling.. Cheers for that.. Odog

if your up this way send me a PM and call in and have a look