Jimmy Two-Jacks Posted May 5, 2012 Author Share Posted May 5, 2012 Well today I went to see my mate who is a motor sport fabricator www.vulcandezign.co.uk and told him what I needed to do. He came up with the idea of widening the lower section of battery box by removing the humped section nearest the outside of the vehicle to enable me to get both batteries in side by side. He folded a tray insert on his cnc box pan bender that will drop into the hole when I have cut a strip from the corner of the battery box and will fix either with an overlapping flange by welding or by some fairly hefty rivets and sealant. I will post up the results when done but I think he could sell these as it’s a fairly simple mod that will get round the problem of fitting deep batteries. This is the prototype of course. More to follow J2J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 would be a useful mod to add to any defender model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon B Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 I used a bit of old chassis which is surprisingly almost exactly the right size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sizulku Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Here is mine: (Note this is a Devon4x4 Twin Battery Tray shown without the battery retaining strap) Containing 2 x Exide Maxxima. 1 x Additional fuse box (protected by a 60amp HD fuse). 1 x Albright HD contactor / isolator, monitored by a genesis battery monitoring system. Mounted on the front is the winch isolation switch and an Anderson jump start plug outlet. Regards Rob Hi Rob, do you have wiring diagram for this setup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotts90 Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Wow, that's a tidy set up! ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Brock Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Mine, All the cut off switches are on the drivers side I wanted an empty box other than the batteries and 70mm cables D4x4 tray top retaining bar not fitted yet The two mega fuses in the bottom are one one for each battery obviously, and the small fuse is to feed the webasto Fully insulated - now with insulating black tape fitted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D grim Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 my question is how do you charge the batteries I know there is a few ways to do it I'm using battery isolators to charge four batteries. I'm wondering if there is a better way and seven relays to control witch and how many batteries I'm going to pull power from Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 2 hours ago, D grim said: my question is how do you charge the batteries I know there is a few ways to do it I'm using battery isolators to charge four batteries. I'm wondering if there is a better way and seven relays to control witch and how many batteries I'm going to pull power from What on Earth are you using that many batteries for? Depending how you’ve got them connected, you’ll most likely need to connect them separately to the charger. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nonimouse Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 15 minutes ago, landroversforever said: What on Earth are you using that many batteries for? Depending how you’ve got them connected, you’ll most likely need to connect them separately to the charger. Hybrid conversion? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D grim Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 I do a lot of overlanding and recovery work all the batteries are charged thru isolators with a heavy duty alt the way I have them set up is I can call on just one or two three or all four at once if I need the amps like to weld I was wondering if there is a easier way to charge them than using isolators Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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