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mse



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Main battery protectors
Not really been looking for one for a while...but came across this:
http://www.noflatbatteries.com/index.htm fitted to some emergency vehciles.

Any comments Mike
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Presumably this will also make the alarm BBS go off when it activates.
Post #44836 9th Nov 2010 11:19pm
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mse



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Not if you apply a battery feed to the alarm on the main battery or use it to protect the second battery Mike
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An Adveric split charge includes the ability to start from a second battery using a simple hold in switch mounted under the dash. A basic deep cycle leisure battery is about 60 quid, so on balance I would rather have that system as it offers you all kids of other possibilities, the ability to start using the second battery just one of them. In other words, for not much more money at all, you can have a second battery and split charge kit
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BigMike wrote:
An Adveric split charge includes the ability to start from a second battery using a simple hold in switch mounted under the dash. A basic deep cycle leisure battery is about 60 quid, so on balance I would rather have that system as it offers you all kids of other possibilities, the ability to start using the second battery just one of them. In other words, for not much more money at all, you can have a second battery and split charge kit


Sorry this kit isnt for that.

This kit stops you killing your batteries by leaving stuff on

eg in the bush running a fridge waking up and no juice

If you have two batteries you can always jump start from the other Thumbs Up to start assuming one has enough juice! Mike
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Great little device Thumbs Up NEVER TAKE LIFE SERIOUSLY. NOBODY GETS OUT ALIVE ANYWAY
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mse wrote:
BigMike wrote:
An Adveric split charge includes the ability to start from a second battery using a simple hold in switch mounted under the dash. A basic deep cycle leisure battery is about 60 quid, so on balance I would rather have that system as it offers you all kids of other possibilities, the ability to start using the second battery just one of them. In other words, for not much more money at all, you can have a second battery and split charge kit


Sorry this kit isnt for that.

This kit stops you killing your batteries by leaving stuff on

eg in the bush running a fridge waking up and no juice

If you have two batteries you can always jump start from the other Thumbs Up to start assuming one has enough juice!


yeah i know. the point i was making is that for only a few quid more, you can have an easy split charge with a simple button that will flip the batteries over so you can start with the other. no need to mess about with wires etc.
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BigMike wrote:
mse wrote:
BigMike wrote:
An Adveric split charge includes the ability to start from a second battery using a simple hold in switch mounted under the dash. A basic deep cycle leisure battery is about 60 quid, so on balance I would rather have that system as it offers you all kids of other possibilities, the ability to start using the second battery just one of them. In other words, for not much more money at all, you can have a second battery and split charge kit


Sorry this kit isnt for that.

This kit stops you killing your batteries by leaving stuff on

eg in the bush running a fridge waking up and no juice

If you have two batteries you can always jump start from the other Thumbs Up to start assuming one has enough juice!


yeah i know. the point i was making is that for only a few quid more, you can have an easy split charge with a simple button that will flip the batteries over so you can start with the other. no need to mess about with wires etc.

Unfortunatley doesnt solve the problem though. Plus you would also use this WITH a split charge and there are many scenarios when a split charge just wouldnt apply (some deep cycle batteries cant start the car anyway!)

Dont get me wrong - i just thought some people may be interested in the device

I may get one, but wasnt on my radar - seemed cheap at £70 Mike
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yeah i agree, it does seem like a great device. i wasnt meanng to come across otherwise
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BigMike wrote:
An Adveric split charge includes the ability to start from a second battery using a simple hold in switch mounted under the dash. A basic deep cycle leisure battery is about 60 quid, so on balance I would rather have that system as it offers you all kids of other possibilities, the ability to start using the second battery just one of them. In other words, for not much more money at all, you can have a second battery and split charge kit


Personally, myself, I have always run 2 batteries wired to an isolator switch that allows you to run everything off one battery, both batteries or the second battery. Found it more economical to run 2 start batteries rather than a deep cycle as the second battery.

You can run an Engel fridge for 3 days on a battery in Aust without flattening it (in an extreme heatwave maybe 2 days)....so with running 2 batteries you are safe for 4 days basically, including stuff like charging camera & laptop batteries.
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an engel fridge should cut out way before it flattens a battery.
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BigMike wrote:
an engel fridge should cut out way before it flattens a battery.


Never tried it. No-one wants cold beer anyway at the end of a summers day in Oz Laughing
Post #44914 10th Nov 2010 8:51pm
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