I'm fitting a rear Anderson plug tomorrow to charge the battery in my camper trailer. Does anybody have pics of where they ran their cable i.e. into the chassis rail etc.
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No but when you do it can you please post some pictures up and include some technical details of how you did it, wire size, if you used a breaker/fuse. I need to do something similiar soon so we can charge the caravan battery whilst driving. Not that the d4d alternator is going to give us much, Its useless. ( sorry but its a sore point )
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SteveLightforce 240Blitz driving lights, Rear hitch recovery point, GME tx3400 uhf, 64watt Uni-Solar cell, ARB CKMA12 Air compressor. all awaiting new vehicle to be delivered so they can be remounted.
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Originally posted by D4DI'm fitting a rear Anderson plug tomorrow to charge the battery in my camper trailer. Does anybody have pics of where they ran their cable i.e. into the chassis rail etc.[size=7][color=#0000BF]Late 2008 GXL D4D 6sp man, white, Sovereign bull bar, 2.5t tow bar, Head light protectors, Bonnet protector, Cargo mat, Front side window weathershields, Roof rack & bars, Dual bateries[/color][/size]
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Originally posted by D4DThanks, I plan on running 6B&S cable and a 40amp maxi fuse.
I basically read through one of the long dual battery install threads in this section and then made minor changes to suit my needs. A big thankyou to all those who have posted pics and write ups as they were a great help. Hardest parts were getting over the rear wheel arch and out the trailer wiring grommet at the back without removing significant bits of trim.
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Gaz
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Sorry D4D, I have been off the computer for a few weeks. Here they are
Location of the batery. The fused small lead is the CB, and the Anderson / fridge lead to the rear is the large green and red leads at the airfilter side. There is a 50A thermal fuse next to the air filter
The batery connector is a simple relay solenoid. You can see I used the bolt to also earth the negative and take off the negative lead out to the rear.
I ran the lead along the main rail using the existing 8mm threaded holes to hold the support. In hindside I should have used a solid conduit, but that can be replaced later. The reason I did it this was is that this is a lease vehicle and should I choose not to buy it out at the end, I have to remove it all.
At the rear, I used the toyota fiting to mount the anderson plug.
Peter[size=7][color=#0000BF]Late 2008 GXL D4D 6sp man, white, Sovereign bull bar, 2.5t tow bar, Head light protectors, Bonnet protector, Cargo mat, Front side window weathershields, Roof rack & bars, Dual bateries[/color][/size]
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peteandkyles,
its great to do the electrics yourself. I have had a real sense of accomplishment when it works properly. I have a question, though, about your setup. I blew up the picture of your battery and wondered what the thin wires are for. The pos looks like it is connected to the neg. How does that work?
regardsDirttracker, (Martin)
Prado GXL '05 Diesel.
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Originally posted by dirttrackerpeteandkyles,
its great to do the electrics yourself. I have had a real sense of accomplishment when it works properly. I have a question, though, about your setup. I blew up the picture of your battery and wondered what the thin wires are for. The pos looks like it is connected to the neg. How does that work?
regards
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Originally posted by dirttrackerpeteandkyles,
its great to do the electrics yourself. I have had a real sense of accomplishment when it works properly. I have a question, though, about your setup. I blew up the picture of your battery and wondered what the thin wires are for. The pos looks like it is connected to the neg. How does that work?
regards
The two thin wire are for the CB. I thought about pulling the dash apart to find ACC power, but since it's a lease car and I was running the antena straight past the 2nd battery I thought it was the ideal place ideal place to take power from. That way if I forget to turn it off, it will only flatten the spare. The antena conduit is the one straight next to the battery.
Peter[size=7][color=#0000BF]Late 2008 GXL D4D 6sp man, white, Sovereign bull bar, 2.5t tow bar, Head light protectors, Bonnet protector, Cargo mat, Front side window weathershields, Roof rack & bars, Dual bateries[/color][/size]
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Hi,
I did this job just last week. 8)
The chassis of the prado is huge, so I took the back passenger wheel off, and threaded a piece of yellow tongue from the back up to the front of the chassis. I wasn't too difficult to find the end out of one of the holes in the chassis, almost directly below the firewall, with the assistance of the wife. There are 2 holes close together, better to work the fingers through. The hole at the back was on the outside of the vehicle just behind the axle, a bit of pushing and shoving got it past the humps and hollows in the chassis. I then taped the wire to the yellow tongue and pulled it from front to back. At the back it was pretty easy to thread it back into the chassis, and out in the next hole on the inside side of the chassis, rather than the outside.
I have the dual battery behind the drivers headlight, but have a fuse block and redarc behind the fuel filter on the passenger side, copied from someone on this site. I used a 30 amp fuse purely to prevent a fire. I ran the cable in 10 mm split tubing for the length of the run. I believe its 5mm squared wire dual core, it was from the little gadget Waeco were giving away with the fridges a couple of years back, it had a merit plug and ciggy plug, and low voltage protection, I just used the wire.
On the back of the vehicle, on the passenger side there is on bolt to hold the trailer plug. Equally spaced on the drivers side is another bolt. I bought some flat aluminium from Bunnings, belt it 90 degrees in the vice and attached the Anderson plug to that. It bolts straight up to the spare bolt mentioned previously and when painted black, it looks the part. The bracket isn't strong, but its up nice and high, and if it does bend, it won't cost a fortune to make another one.
Of note, I don't use it for charging camper batteries yet, just connecting up a wire and running lights in the camper from the car battery. Thats the next project, a battery for the camper.08 GXL Prado TD, Auto
Towbar, Tint, BFG ATs, ARB winch bar, 12,000lb Ironman Winch, Bilstein/RidePro suspension kit, Safari Snorkel, Dual batteries, Roof bars, home made drawers and a cargo barrier
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I have a dumb question that possibly one of you bright sparks can answer. I have searched for an hour and a bit and can't find the answer. Here goes....when you are running dual batteries under the bonnet and want to run wires to the rear for an anderson plug to connect to a CT to charge a third battery, do you need to install another soleniod or can you connect the anderson plug wires to the existing soleniod?
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AndyBlack 2003, TD, GXL Prado
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Originally posted by Prado BBI have a dumb question that possibly one of you bright sparks can answer. I have searched for an hour and a bit and can't find the answer. Here goes....when you are running dual batteries under the bonnet and want to run wires to the rear for an anderson plug to connect to a CT to charge a third battery, do you need to install another soleniod or can you connect the anderson plug wires to the existing soleniod?[url=http://www.myswag.org/index.php?topic=12264]My Prado[/url]
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Prado BB,
The two batteries together will be seen as one battery. It is my understanding that this will work well for batteries that are the same type, but not good for batteries of a different type, ie, one wet cell and another gell. The problem is the different charging rate capacities. I have this problem and so have not put them together. I have noticed that ABR has brought out a DC to DC step up charger. Ranox also has one. The ABR one is much cheaper. $245 or so. I am looking at putting this in the camper just before the battery and step up the voltage from the aux battery to the battery in the camper. I think this will overcome any problems with the setup. What do others think?Dirttracker, (Martin)
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Personally I would choose a Ranox over the ABR unit because the Ranox can be programmed to exactly match the manufacturer's recommeded charging profile including adjustable current limit. Where as the ABR unit only has three voltage setting (set via dip switches) for absorbstion and float and the current limit is fixed.
Appart from the programming flexibility, the Ranox has the advantage of providing detailed information about the charging voltages and current via an LCD display. The Ranox also has optional temperature compensation and protection a very desirable feature if you are going to have the Aux. battery under the bonnet.
LeachyEX-Prado Owner
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