I know there were are quite a few threads on the 80 series tech, but I am a hands on/visual guy so anyone local have a dual battery setup that I can see in person? It would help me out greatly. Thanks!!
Lets talk dual battery setups!
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Hey Jones - I don't have my 80 anymore, nor am I local, but I can tell you that William and I did similar setups on the cheap.
I got welding cable from:
Pacific Welding Supplies LLC
2902 South M Street
Tacoma, WA 98409
(253) 572-5302
They were cool and cut me the length that I wanted.
I grabbed a battery tray out of a 91 or 92 FJ80 from the pick and pull for $10.
I put some ends on the welding cable, and ran my batteries in parallel (without an isolator).
Isolators are easy to add later. I was looking at isolators on amazon and really liked the Blue Sea setups. Here's one with a switch for the dash: http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Sea-Syst...576&sr=8-5&keywords=blue+sea+battery+isolator
They are cheaper without the remote switch, but I liked the idea of having something in the cabin.
Once I had two batteries hooked to each other, I had no issue running the fridge for a day and starting afterwards. I would have added an isolator eventually, but it wasn't a big deal to me.
As always, proceed at your own risk.
I got welding cable from:
Pacific Welding Supplies LLC
2902 South M Street
Tacoma, WA 98409
(253) 572-5302
They were cool and cut me the length that I wanted.
I grabbed a battery tray out of a 91 or 92 FJ80 from the pick and pull for $10.
I put some ends on the welding cable, and ran my batteries in parallel (without an isolator).
Isolators are easy to add later. I was looking at isolators on amazon and really liked the Blue Sea setups. Here's one with a switch for the dash: http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Sea-Syst...576&sr=8-5&keywords=blue+sea+battery+isolator
They are cheaper without the remote switch, but I liked the idea of having something in the cabin.
Once I had two batteries hooked to each other, I had no issue running the fridge for a day and starting afterwards. I would have added an isolator eventually, but it wasn't a big deal to me.
As always, proceed at your own risk.
http://www.expeditionportal.com/for...ke-a-cheap-isolated-dual-battery-setup-for-50
Good thread on the cheap way to set her up.
Good thread on the cheap way to set her up.
The only thing I did that Mike didn't do was spend the money for the relocation brackets for my windshield washer fluid. I got mine from Slee Off-road but was horribly unimpressed with the kit. I got lucky though, and had a set of jumper cables in my garage that a buddy left that worked perfectly for connecting the batteries to each other.
Don't know if this fits your definition of cheap, substitute your favorite method of combining/separating. The Hellroaring is about $180. I have a spool of battery cable I'll cut to length if you want. I may have gone overboard on circuit protection but I'm not a fan of electrical fires.
http://www.olympiafj60.net/prepping-the-fzj80-for-dual-batteries.html
http://www.olympiafj60.net/fzj80-second-battery-tray.html
http://www.olympiafj60.net/prepping-the-fzj80-for-dual-batteries.html
http://www.olympiafj60.net/fzj80-second-battery-tray.html
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Thanks for all the info everyone! I will start my setup in a few weeks, until then I want to be as cheap as possible. I just bought some new toys that go bang earlier this week.
Also you can grab a cheap battery isolator (the manual kind) and put it on there while your setting it up. May come in handy later when your camping or such.
I think HF sells. 150A that would probably be fine on the second batt they are like 7$
I think HF sells. 150A that would probably be fine on the second batt they are like 7$