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  • Surepower Problem

    Hi all,
    I am having a problem with the Surepower 1314 Isolator. It doesn't appear to be charging the second battery. I have checked the connections and everything appears to be OK.

    Has anyone had one of these fail? How sensitive are they to water? Originally it was installed up near the fuel filter, but was relocated to down beside the crank battery when I had the hot water pump relocated. I was a bit concerned at the time, but I think it might have gotten wet a couple of trips ago, and I haven't needed the fridge so I have only just noticed the problem.

    Cheers,
    Kevin
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    Re: Surepower Problem

    Gday Kev, dont know anything about the surepower but if you have or can borrow a multimeter you will be able to tell for sure what is happening. Eg check aux battery voltage with engine off and batteries disconected from each other and then with engine running when the batteries should be joined. If the Aux bat is flat and with the engine off batteries disconnected I would expect from 11-12volts and with the engine running and the batteries joined you should see 13.5-14.5volts ish. The other thing that could be happening is you aux battery could be buggered, it will appear as if it is being charged but wont hold any charge, has just happened to me in my work ute, battery is 13 months old :cry: hope this helps :wink:

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    • #3
      Re: Surepower Problem

      Just had a quick look, they are rebadged as ARB isolators also. I would be very suprised if the isolator couldnt handle at least a mild dunking, most isolators are fitted under bonnet and cop all sorts of abuse :shock: vibration,dust,mud, water etc etc.

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      • #4
        Re: Surepower Problem

        I've had no problem with these units getting wet.
        If you can't get your hands on a multimeter, then take off the -ve, wait a couple of seconds then place it back on. With SurePwr isolators, you should hear the solonoid close with the -ve replaced. If not, check you fuses and connections. Having a meter to do some further testing will be needed to make sure before you can ascertain if then the isolator is stuffed or the smart side of it.
        If you have a meter, then there are a few more tests we can do.
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        • #5
          Re: Surepower Problem

          Well it turned out the only problem was that I wasn't doing enough driving to keep the second battery charged up. :cry: :cry:

          I got a battery place to test the battery and all was good and got ARB to check the isolator and all good as well. I have since done a couple of longer trips and haven't had any additional problems. Thanks to those that posted trouble shooting tips, hopefully it will help someone else out.

          Cheers,
          Kevin
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          • #6
            Re: Surepower Problem

            I keep my aux battery topped up via a ctek charger, that way the Surepower is only doing a top up charge rather than full charge.
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