SteveS
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My truck is destined to spend 4-6 week periods in the dark confines of a ship container. So my thoughts have turned to how I can completely isolate the starter battery from the car systems. The 2nd/Aux battery will be isolated by virtue of the IBS split charge controller. The starter battery will have up to 6 weeks of discharge.
I initially had in mind to put a key switched isolator in the battery +ve but this is not that straightforward to do because of the fusible links and number of key wires coming off that terminal.
I could simply disconnect the whole terminal from the battery......in the dark confines of the container, twice.
I could put an isolator in the -ve terminal
I could ignore the problem.....but I have no idea what the current is with the vehicle in the unlocked state AND use the IBS 'link' feature to start the truck off the AUX paralleled to the starter battery.
Anybody have some advice/thoughts on the above? It would be interesting to know the discharge current of the car
I initially had in mind to put a key switched isolator in the battery +ve but this is not that straightforward to do because of the fusible links and number of key wires coming off that terminal.
I could simply disconnect the whole terminal from the battery......in the dark confines of the container, twice.
I could put an isolator in the -ve terminal
I could ignore the problem.....but I have no idea what the current is with the vehicle in the unlocked state AND use the IBS 'link' feature to start the truck off the AUX paralleled to the starter battery.
Anybody have some advice/thoughts on the above? It would be interesting to know the discharge current of the car