Changing from dual battery to single and deep cycle.

[Animal Mother]

The winter pack supplied cars have the twin batteries up front. When I do my conversion on the car I don't want to add a 3rd battery and want a single main (starting) battery up front with a leisure (deep cycle) battery in the engine bay too.

Have any of you done this? If so, what is the best way?

On my last build (Range Rover) I used a Redarc dual battery isolator (https://www.redarc.com.au/smart-start-sbi-12v-100a). Would I need something similar on the 120 or does it have its own?

 

[Chris]

It's a pretty common conversion on the non 24 volt Cruisers. I actually did this in reverse and fitted the winter pack to a single battery car. I know. Stupid really. Perfectly possible to separate them and use something like the Redarc, IBS or T max split charge. I'd personally avoid the National Luna one as it's crap.

 

[ByronJ]

The winter pack supplied cars have the twin batteries up front. When I do my conversion on the car I don't want to add a 3rd battery and want a single main (starting) battery up front with a leisure (deep cycle) battery in the engine bay too.

Have any of you done this? If so, what is the best way?

On my last build (Range Rover) I used a Redarc dual battery isolator (https://www.redarc.com.au/smart-start-sbi-12v-100a). Would I need something similar on the 120 or does it have its own?

Hi, I did something very similar a couple of weeks ago on my 80 and wrote about it here:

https://www.landcruiserclub.net/community/threads/electrical-upgrades.148514/

 

[Animal Mother]

T-Max looks good.

Hi, I did something very similar a couple of weeks ago on my 80 and wrote about it here:

https://www.landcruiserclub.net/community/threads/electrical-upgrades.148514/

Where did you buy your T-Max from?

 

[ByronJ]

T-Max looks good.



Where did you buy your T-Max from?

Here:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/T-Max-Due...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

 

[Animal Mother]

Nice. Thank you.