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eordonez · Nov 26, 2009

nice truck man, love what you did with the bed

AK27 · Nov 26, 2009

that is sweet!!

derekabraham · Nov 26, 2009

Nice truck!!!

I love what you did with the bed.

sandman427 · Nov 26, 2009

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Sandman427 - It was actually very easy. I ran a 4 gauge wire from the car battery plus to a relays in the bed with an inline fuse at the car battery and a second fuse between the relays and the second battery plus.
A 4 gauge wire connects the second battery to a ground at the frame.
Drilling of the bed is very easy since it is not metal.

I also protected all wires with black wire conduit. When I had the camper shell "professionally" installed at a Campway's they had run a constant hot wire for the dome light all along the frame to the back with no protection at all. When I noticed that and only after two weeks of driving I could already see some wear on the insulation of the wire where it was rubbing on the frame...

Then an ignition wire to the relays and a ground wire to the relays. This way when the ignition gets turned on the relays connects the batteries, when turned off the batteries are not connected anymore. I spliced of one of the trailer wiring ignition wires.

Here is a picture. Ignore the fact that there is a red wire at the plus and a red wire at the minus of the battery. I ran out of black wire and used a red one going from the battery minus to the fuse box minus. I will tape it with black electrical tape.

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right on dude... i want to run a second battery but i wanna to get more info and u have provided almost all of it... amazing setup boss... ay do u think Optima batteries are good enough for running auxiliary lights and a sound system...??

JimBeam · Nov 26, 2009

INCREDIBLE work

very cool!

01GREENTACO · Nov 26, 2009

AWESOME! I am transforming my bed into that his weekend! You have just given me a lot of ideas! Thanks for the second battery details too. I have been wanting to do that for a while and now that I know how to do it, I think I will try and tackle it!

wolf73 · Nov 26, 2009

Thanks again for all the compliments everyone!

Sandman427 - I installed a marine battery. A regular car battery will work as well but marine batteries are more designed for applications like this (for example house batteries in RV's are marine batteries).

A car battery is designed to provide a very large amount of current for a short period of time. A deep cycle battery (marine battery) is designed to provide a steady amount of current over a long period of time.

A car battery typically has two ratings:

CCA (Cold Cranking Amps) - The number of amps that the battery can produce at 32 degrees F (0 degrees C) for 30 seconds

RC (Reserve Capacity) - The number of minutes that the battery can deliver 25 amps while keeping its voltage above 10.5 volts

Typically, a deep cycle battery will have two or three times the RC of a car battery, but will deliver one-half or three-quarters the CCAs. In addition, a deep cycle battery can withstand several hundred total discharge/recharge cycles, while a car battery is not designed to be totally discharged.

Make sure you add a relay or battery isolator so when the ignition is turned off the batteries are not connected or you would also drain your car battery.

I added some more info for the wiring on the picture:

What is hard to see is that the relay has 2 big terminals and 2 small ones. The plus from the car battery goes to one big terminal. Then a wire from the other big terminal to the fuse box and finally from the fuse box to the plus on the second battery.

The wire that is hot when ignition is on goes to one of the small terminals and a ground wire to the second small terminal.

I would strongly recommend to also add an inline fuse close to the car battery.

If you guys have any questions let me know.

sandman427 · Nov 26, 2009

wolf73[OP] said: ↑

Thanks again for all the compliments everyone!

Sandman427 - I installed a marine battery. A regular car battery will work as well but marine batteries are more designed for applications like this (for example house batteries in RV's are marine batteries).

A car battery is designed to provide a very large amount of current for a short period of time. A deep cycle battery (marine battery) is designed to provide a steady amount of current over a long period of time.

A car battery typically has two ratings:

CCA (Cold Cranking Amps) - The number of amps that the battery can produce at 32 degrees F (0 degrees C) for 30 seconds

RC (Reserve Capacity) - The number of minutes that the battery can deliver 25 amps while keeping its voltage above 10.5 volts

Typically, a deep cycle battery will have two or three times the RC of a car battery, but will deliver one-half or three-quarters the CCAs. In addition, a deep cycle battery can withstand several hundred total discharge/recharge cycles, while a car battery is not designed to be totally discharged.

Make sure you add a relay or battery isolator so when the ignition is turned off the batteries are not connected or you would also drain your car battery.

I added some more info for the wiring on the picture:

What is hard to see is that the relay has 2 big terminals and 2 small ones. The plus from the car battery goes to one big terminal. Then a wire from the other big terminal to the fuse box and finally from the fuse box to the plus on the second battery.

The wire that is hot when ignition is on goes to one of the small terminals and a ground wire to the second small terminal.

I would strongly recommend to also add an inline fuse close to the car battery.

If you guys have any questions let me know.
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right on thanks... so would recommend a Optima yellow top or is that a waste of time..??

wolf73 · Nov 26, 2009

The Optima would definitely work. The one I installed is an Interstate Marine Deep Cycle Battery and that was quit a bit cheaper.

AvsFanTRD · Nov 26, 2009

Well I'm amazed. Even more blown away that you manage to keep it orderly and organized. Kudos to you

SocalMan22 · Nov 26, 2009

Nice setup you got welcome to TW!

sandman427 · Nov 26, 2009

wolf73[OP] said: ↑

The Optima would definitely work. The one I installed is an Interstate Marine Deep Cycle Battery and that was quit a bit cheaper.
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thanks boss... appreciate the help... and once again great looking truck...

671taco · Nov 27, 2009

nice truck! what you did with the bed is awesome

Just4fununlimited · Nov 27, 2009

Incredible work, very impressive!!! How are you liking the revteck lift? Also if you don't mind me asking what size and type of wheels and tire are you running?

rab89 · Nov 27, 2009

thats amazing! truck of the month... year? sweet dude!

Agent7 · Nov 27, 2009

The truck looks awesome man... I love the wheels! Good job!

HondaGM · Nov 27, 2009

i have never really liked shells but your makin me wana git one know,sweet.

wolf73 · Nov 27, 2009

Thanks again everybody for the compliments!

Just4fununlimited - I don't have the Revteks but installed the Toytec Ultimate lift kit and I love the handling. The ride is stiffer but for me personally it rides better then original.

The tires are 285/70/17 and the rims are 17 x 9. I did have to do some cutting of the inside of the fenders because they were rubbing a bit.

Doc.SS · Nov 27, 2009

very nice setup, gives me a few ideas

Mr_Torque · Nov 27, 2009

Great work!

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