I am looking for two batteries, and am thinking the simplist way to go is a auto switch device, and two batteries up the front, and run decent cable to the rear for my fridge and for external lighting via anderson plugs put in somewhere (an Ausfridge Eutectic that doesn't use much power and retains its cold when there is no power). I am likely to pull the rear kidddy seats out (mine are electric ones) and I am likely to purchase drawers from Drifta and also a means to lower the fridge from the top of the drawers.
I am wondering if the Optima D31 battery would fit ... It has 75 amp hours compared to the recommended for Prado unit's 66 amp hours. Compared to the factory battery, its dimensions are 25mm longer and its 28mm higher - which should fit in the main battery space.
It would fit too in the spare battery space, but for the air conditioning pipe.
Are there issues I should know about with moving the air conditioning piping outwards from the spare battery space? Is there a flexible hose for the air conditioning behind the bright alloy air conditioning tubing? Or is the whole of the piping solid metal and hence mechanically dangerous to move the piping 40mm away from the side of the spare battery housing?
I would also like to be able to use some of the amp hours from the starting battery, but it seems devices are more likely to turn the starting battery off when the motor is turned off. Is there a device that can use some of the Optima's reserve deep cycle power but isolate the Optima starting battery when its jump start capability is under threat?
I am wondering if the Optima D31 battery would fit ... It has 75 amp hours compared to the recommended for Prado unit's 66 amp hours. Compared to the factory battery, its dimensions are 25mm longer and its 28mm higher - which should fit in the main battery space.
It would fit too in the spare battery space, but for the air conditioning pipe.
Are there issues I should know about with moving the air conditioning piping outwards from the spare battery space? Is there a flexible hose for the air conditioning behind the bright alloy air conditioning tubing? Or is the whole of the piping solid metal and hence mechanically dangerous to move the piping 40mm away from the side of the spare battery housing?
I would also like to be able to use some of the amp hours from the starting battery, but it seems devices are more likely to turn the starting battery off when the motor is turned off. Is there a device that can use some of the Optima's reserve deep cycle power but isolate the Optima starting battery when its jump start capability is under threat?
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