QUESTION: DUAL BATTERYS

If you are running a solid state fridge it will kill the battery in about 2 days unless you turn it off at night they are not that efficient freeze a gallon of water at home and put it in the fridge that helps. You'll need some kind of load center with your remote battery.

 

woa woa! solid state fridge? Im not worried about the fridge, just wanted to know if i have to connect an aux. fuse box or load center as you call it.

 

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Correct.
You install a second fuse-box off the auxiliary battery. That's the setup I have in my diesel LandCruiser

Pretty straightforward, but you have to figure out where you want the fuse-box
I installed it on the passenger side inside the cab. Just have to run a positive and a negative wire from the aux battery through the firewall to the aux fuse box

I run my Engel MT-60 fridge off it and it works great

Can post some pics if you need them
Bob

 

Surpont you are the man. Pics would really help. I had an idea this would be the case but didn't want to start a vehicle fire if I don't have too. Thank you for confirming my suspicion

 

Yes the ones that do not have a compressor or a flame. And yeah you'll need some thing to connect it to, lacking that at least an in line fuse.

 

Any update or install pics of a Dual battery setup?

 

There is some information in this thread, click to page fourteen to get straight to the dual battery setup.

 

I've got a dual battery setup with a deep cycle RV/Marine battery under the hood. I had to ditch the stock intake and re-route it. Needed to do that anyway for running 315's. I'll try to get a picture up tomorrow when it's light out.

 

Yea that's the route I'm going as well deep cycle 1000CCA blue top. I have enough space to fit both batteries together.

 

Here's a picture of where I put the deep cycle. I re-routed the air intake through a hole so that it's drawing air from right next to the headlight. Some will argue that this hinders performance, but I haven't noticed a single difference from the seat of my pants or at the gas pump. I also created a custom battery tray so that it would sit level on top of the wheel well.

 

I have a little more space with the 4 banger I had to modify my stock battery tie down to hold the optima.

 

I went with this set up.
http://www.ase-supply.com/Sure_Power_1314_Battery_Separator_p/sp-1314a-b.htm

 

I opted for a toggle switch on the dash to a 200amp relay. I had it from a previous stereo install.

 

my alternator is only 90A