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    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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  • #2
    Re: Rear Anderson Plug

    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 )
    Cheers
    Steve
    Lightforce 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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    • #3
      Re: Rear Anderson Plug

      Originally posted by D4D
      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.
      I'll take some photos in daylight tomorrow (provided I get home early enough). I ran mine next to the main rail under the car and then up at the rear against the bumper. I ran both positive and negative 4mm gauge wire. This gives me about 12.7V at the camper battery when the main voltage is aboit 13.3.
      [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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      • #4
        Re: Rear Anderson Plug

        Thanks, I plan on running 6B&S cable and a 40amp maxi fuse.
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        • #5
          Re: Rear Anderson Plug

          Originally posted by peteandkyles
          I'll take some photos in daylight tomorrow (provided I get home early enough).
          Any chance of those pics?
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          • #6
            Re: Rear Anderson Plug

            Originally posted by D4D
            Thanks, I plan on running 6B&S cable and a 40amp maxi fuse.
            I used 6 B&S with a 30AMP CB under the bonnet. I ended up running the cable inside the car; basically followed the trailer wiring on the passenger rear into the body, past the jack, over the wheel arch, and then along the doors and out through the firewall on passengers side. 6B&S fits but I have a grande and there wasn't a lot of room in places due to the cables for all the electronics. (seats, CDs, SatNAv ...). When I put the multimeter on it there was over 14v at the rear of the car. Haven't had a load connected yet so can't comment on performance and/or interference but others seem to be ok.

            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.

            Cheers

            Gaz

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            • #7
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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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              • #8
                Re: Rear Anderson Plug

                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?

                regards
                Dirttracker, (Martin)
                Prado GXL '05 Diesel.
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                • #9
                  Re: Rear Anderson Plug

                  Originally posted by dirttracker
                  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?

                  regards
                  Looks like twin wire that is split with red one heading to +ve and black one heading to -ve.

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                  • #10
                    Re: Rear Anderson Plug

                    Originally posted by dirttracker
                    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?

                    regards
                    I connected the main wiring using 7.1mm2 wire (both positive and negative) from the battery. The wires come down between the airbox and the battery. Ran the positive straight through into a 50A thermal fuse. I was going to use a fusable link, but couldn't find one in Whyalla where I go to buy parts. The negative I earthed at the solenoid and then continued all the way to the back. This way I only drop about 0.2V at about 10A draw rate at the back of the car and 0.5V to the back of the trailer.

                    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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                    • #11
                      Re: Rear Anderson Plug

                      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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                      • #12
                        Re: Rear Anderson Plug

                        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?

                        Cheers
                        Andy
                        Black 2003, TD, GXL Prado

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                        • #13
                          Re: Rear Anderson Plug

                          Originally posted by Prado BB
                          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?
                          I connected mine direct to the aux battery under the bonnet
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                          • #14
                            Re: Rear Anderson Plug

                            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)
                            Prado GXL '05 Diesel.
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                            • #15
                              Re: Rear Anderson Plug

                              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.

                              Leachy
                              EX-Prado Owner

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