2nd Battery

[andyj]

Ok cut and pasted wrong info
2nd Battery tray was a piranha and cost about $160 plus battery
Can only fit in an 8" battery the tray bolts into original blind holes except for one I drilled it and put a nut and bolt in to hold.
It gets tight putting it in will have to cut off the lugs on the bottom of the battery to fit the tray

[Berg]

I have the TJM tray and it holds a 10 inch. It cost I think $170 and a few beers and lots of swearing to fit.

[Buzzy]

This is mine






I used the same battery that my old man has in his Pajero. His was installed by Out Of Town 4WD in Newcastle. He travels all over Australia towing is van. He has run a 40L Engel of it for three years non stop and it is still going strong.If you look closely on the right hand side of the main battery the grey thingy is my Piranha electronic system. On top of my black fuse box is my Piranha excessory fuse block. Still gotta tidy it up a bit yet

[Henk Bos]

Wouldn't a place behind the passenger seat be a good place?

[andyj]

Not o good in a dual cab I get enough whining from the kids now without a battery in there as well

[Buzzy]

Guys,Finally pulled my finger out and spent a few hours yesterday ripping all this crap out of my car so you's could have a look.Check out my profile or articles by members or this link

http://www.newtriton.net/index.php?view=article&item=6&id=5

[Bitsamissin]

Yep a 10" second battery is fine.
Just enough for a D34 Optima yellow top.
I ran two of these in the Paj for a couple of years with a Redarc controller and in cab dual battery monitor.
Before that I had a well known dual battery controller which caused an engine fire resulting in $10K damage (thank god for insurance) when the vehicle had been off for at least 20 mins (no accessories running).

[pickle]

Well known dual battery controller.....sounds a bit fishy Frank, in name and nature! So when ya buying the Triton?
Dave

[Bitsamissin]

Yes Dave it was VERY FISHY
Hopefully by the end of the year or early in the new year.

[subi_man]

[b]Buzzy wrote:[/b][quote][i]Guys,Finally pulled my finger out and spent a few hours yesterday ripping all this crap out of my car so you's could have a look.Check out my profile or articles by members or this link

[url]http://www.newtriton.net/index.php?view=article&item=6&id=5[/url][/i][/quote]
That's a truly [i]excellent[/i] DIY there Buzzy - thanks for pulling it all out and taking pics for us to see. thats something I can achieve in the workshop on a rainy day (I hope)

Cheers
Andrew

[wiraone]

Thanks Buzzy .. looks like this is my next project ..

[corvetteguy]

I have mine in the tray mounted next to my 60lt Waico I have a 50 amp cable runing up to the main battery I use the rear one for running the fridge and extra stuff in the back I bought a batt box with all the plugs and cables in for around 80 bucks and just defore it connects to the main batt I have a 50amp circut breaker to stop overloading the cable works well It also depends on what you want to do with it my spare batt is a 700cca deep cylce stating batt works a treat I also have a isaltion swith so when I am running the fridge it doesn't drain the main batt

[Eelesy]

This is my dual battery tray just prior to painting it.
Big thanks to Buzzy, i pretty much followed ur article and made a few small changes.

[subi_man]

wow - swish work there Tri

Care to make a few more?!!!!

[gfm_69]

I would be in on that 2

[Buzzy]

Gee that looks familiar, good job

[Eelesy]

Sorry guys, im not ur man for the job.

This was made over a couple of days at a mates house with a welder, cos i dont have one. its way more time consuming than it looks, a lot of measuring and remeasuring.

[Greedy]

Nice work.

[FRDESP]

One for me please we pick up the New Triton Next Thursay from Wanneroo Mits.WooHooo

[Eelesy]

Hey frdesp. See above... this was a one off project for me. but if anyone wants to attempt it, just follow this [url=http://www.newtriton.net/index.php?view=article&item=6&id=]tech article[/url]

and drop buzzy or me a pm for other dimensions and such.

[Eelesy]

Finished product all installed and wired up. im very happy with it. i think ill go have a beer now...

[Chaj]

mate I like it looks real good.

[ratstriton]

Can anyone tell where the tech section is for this project , I can't seem to get the link's to work and I would like to build the battery tray as well thanks.

[Buzzy]

Yeh mate its in my profile, try here

[Greedy]

http://www.newtriton.net/phpbb/shed.php?view=1&article=6&id=5