Pardon my remedial question, I have serious issues with electricity. I want to put in a second battery into my cruiser. My current battery is located in the back of my rig and I would like to put the second battery into the engine compartment area. I understand that to keep this as a 12 volt system I will need to wire them Neg to Neg and Pos to Pos. There is my delemia! Because of some anti theft devices I have installed I have placed a cut off switch and a remote terminal/second cut off switch between my battery and the vehicles positive power output to all the electrical components.
1) Can I put my new battery grounded to the frame and its positive power output to the input side of my relay without any problems?
2) Will both batteries charge with this setup?
3) Do you see anything that I need to do to make this a safe and effective setup?
Here is a schematic of what I am thinking. The area in the green circle is my current set up, the new battery that I want to put in is in the top left of the schematic with the proposed ground and positive leads (dotted red line) marked out
Thanks for any help!
1) Can I put my new battery grounded to the frame and its positive power output to the input side of my relay without any problems?
2) Will both batteries charge with this setup?
3) Do you see anything that I need to do to make this a safe and effective setup?
Here is a schematic of what I am thinking. The area in the green circle is my current set up, the new battery that I want to put in is in the top left of the schematic with the proposed ground and positive leads (dotted red line) marked out
Thanks for any help!