Good afternoon.
I own an 80 series Land Cruiser and will be eventually building up our 5th Gen for off road, overland work.
Who here is running dual batteries and has some pictures and details of their setup?
The C4 2nd battery tray and the Rago battery tray are on my radar as I like the location of the battery being on the passenger side. The C4 tray is clean but really doesn't have the options to mount a Blue Sea ML-ACR or a RedArc Dual battery charger where the Rago does.
As far as wiring I am looking at using 4 gauge wire for inside the engine bay as well as run back to the drawer system for the inverter and extra power sources in the back.
In the future I am thinking of adding a RTT and mounting solar to it to charge the batteries while parked longer term or while camping.
I am looking at running AGM batteries in the 5th gen as well. The starting will be a 34R from Interstate and the 34M deep cycle AGM from Interstate as well. These are the same batteries I run in my Land Cruiser and they work great.
Below is a rough drawing that someone came up with. One thing I will be adding is the Blue Sea fuse block pictured below. There will be 2, one on the starting battery and the second on the house battery:
Below is the schematic I am going to use for reference when wiring things in. Yes there are other wires from the Blue Sea ML-ACR and the Red Arc DCDC charger that need to be wired in but this give me a general idea.
Lastly does anyone know if the alternator on the 5th gen is a smart alternator? Does it fluctuate voltage output based on needs of the electrical system?
I own an 80 series Land Cruiser and will be eventually building up our 5th Gen for off road, overland work.
Who here is running dual batteries and has some pictures and details of their setup?
The C4 2nd battery tray and the Rago battery tray are on my radar as I like the location of the battery being on the passenger side. The C4 tray is clean but really doesn't have the options to mount a Blue Sea ML-ACR or a RedArc Dual battery charger where the Rago does.
As far as wiring I am looking at using 4 gauge wire for inside the engine bay as well as run back to the drawer system for the inverter and extra power sources in the back.
In the future I am thinking of adding a RTT and mounting solar to it to charge the batteries while parked longer term or while camping.
I am looking at running AGM batteries in the 5th gen as well. The starting will be a 34R from Interstate and the 34M deep cycle AGM from Interstate as well. These are the same batteries I run in my Land Cruiser and they work great.
Below is a rough drawing that someone came up with. One thing I will be adding is the Blue Sea fuse block pictured below. There will be 2, one on the starting battery and the second on the house battery:
Below is the schematic I am going to use for reference when wiring things in. Yes there are other wires from the Blue Sea ML-ACR and the Red Arc DCDC charger that need to be wired in but this give me a general idea.
Lastly does anyone know if the alternator on the 5th gen is a smart alternator? Does it fluctuate voltage output based on needs of the electrical system?
