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| discocuzzy Member Since: 16 Jul 2008 Location: surrey Posts: 1200  
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Have a look in my gallery under puma
 , used the original mega fuse on the main battery but had to extend if I remember rightly, done a post on it somewhere You cannot teach stupid people to do clever things |
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20th May 2012 11:01pm |
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| landy andy Member Since: 15 Feb 2009 Location: Ware, Herts Posts: 5699 
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Sorry no photo but I have a Devon4x4 battery tray, this levels the base of the battery box and provides clamps for both. You then turn the batteries 90 degrees to make the best of the space.
http://www.devon4x4.com/index.php?page=sho...;Itemid=14 Andy |
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21st May 2012 2:16am |
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| v40mav Member Since: 25 Aug 2008 Location: UK Posts: 206 
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Used Fatdog bar and a tray -( not sure who made as I bought at same time -
In box - No have Red Top / Yellow Top Split charge relay, Heavy Duty durite Winch control - I decided to put the additional fuse box under drivers seat as I also wanted a small distribution board with Anderson poles- and it gives much more space -  Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge 
I can take a few more pics but the car is in dealers just now - Admin note: this post has had its images recovered from a money grabbing photo hosting site and reinstated  Defender 110 County SW
Disco 3 HSE Freelander 2 HSE - SOLD going back to a car www.lothian4x4response.org |
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21st May 2012 5:32am |
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| bpman Member Since: 21 May 2008 Location: Oslo Posts: 8069 
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bit like this ... .
Click image to enlarge Last edited by bpman on 22nd May 2012 6:24pm. Edited 2 times in total |
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21st May 2012 6:29am |
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| pjh Member Since: 22 Nov 2010 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 126  
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Hi All,
Brilliant! I knew that I could rely on Defender2. Many, many thanks. 
Some questions: discocuzzy: Did you connect the winch directly to the positive terminal, or via the 500Amp mega fuse? bpman: I am also using the D44 battery tray - how did you fit the Blue Sea fuse box to the battery bar? Sounds like a neat solution. Once again many thanks for everyone's help. Talk about a picture worth a thousand words.
All the best, Peter Defender 11MY USW |
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21st May 2012 8:07am |
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| bpman Member Since: 21 May 2008 Location: Oslo Posts: 8069
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Before installing the d44 battery tray, make sure you fill any holes in the base and sides, then dinitrol the area to be covered by the battery tray Make sure you get a genuine bluesea fuse box, the copies are too tall and won't fit. The fuse box in the picture has been removed and a Bluesea one fitted to the top of the battery holder bar. If you want, PM me your email address and I will email you a photo of the finished item. |
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21st May 2012 12:14pm |
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| pjh Member Since: 22 Nov 2010 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 126
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bpman
pm sent
Many thanks, Defender 11MY USW |
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21st May 2012 12:34pm |
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| bpman Member Since: 21 May 2008 Location: Oslo Posts: 8069
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8mb photo on-way
cheers bp |
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21st May 2012 5:48pm |
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| leeds Member Since: 28 Dec 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 8581
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BPmans solution for mounting the fuse box is a neat idea, just ensure that each cable has sufficient slack in them so the bar + fuse box can be moved.
In our red 110 we have the Blue Sea fuse box which was fine with the original batteries in place. Now with bigger batteries in place I can not replace fuses without removing a battery!  Need to rethink and redo that battery box. Yes things change over time so just ensure you can readily access the fuse box!
Blue Sea make some class leading gear based on the marine industry. There fuse box has a foot print of 83 x 164 mm and a height of 38 mm and cost £50 The Ripca version has a footprint of 95 x 164mm and is 57 mm high and cost £31. Both have a rating of max 30 amps/fuse and 100 amps/block of 6 fuses. Both have negative bus bars The Ripca version has separate +ve terminal for each bank of 6 fuses whereas the Blue Sea one has a common one for both banks of fuses Visual differences include brighter shiner stainless parts on the Blue Sea version in comparison to the Ripca. Brendan PS Yes we have both versions in stock  |
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21st May 2012 6:16pm |
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| pjh Member Since: 22 Nov 2010 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 126
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Hi Brendan,
This is another on of those jobs were I bought the bits months ago and we go on holiday a week tomorrow! 
I like the idea of mounting the fuse box on top of the batteries (aka bpman's solution) - I'll see how I get on at the weekend. The fridge is installed but no power ..... 
How long would you expect that I could run the ARB fridge off one Odyssey battery, assuming that it was at temperature? Once again, really pleased with our gear. All the very best, Peter Defender 11MY USW |
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22nd May 2012 3:25pm |
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| Landyrob Member Since: 07 Jul 2011 Location: Switzerland Posts: 93 
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Click image to enlarge i used the D44 battery tray too, fit's perfectly in the TD4. Click image to enlarge Here the IBS Dual Battery System, i have mounted the fuse box on the back wall (hard top version) behind the cubby box. Admin note: this post has had its images recovered from a money grabbing photo hosting site and reinstated LANDROVER Defender Best 4 x 4 x Far
Defender TD4 90 Hardtop 2.4 Defender TD4 110 Hardtop 2.2 |
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22nd May 2012 5:46pm |
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| leeds Member Since: 28 Dec 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 8581
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Peter your question is a bit like how long is a bit of string.
There are lots of variables, outside temperature. set temperature of fridge, how often you go into the fridge, what temperature the replacement items are at, what level you set the battery cut off level at. The 1500 is a 68amp hour battery and the 'average' current draw of fridge is about 0.8 amps/hour. That would give you an anticipated maximum run time of about 85 hours and an extremely flat battery. Realistically I would say expect 48 hours and then start to recharge battery. YES I am being conservative but remember the main function of your batteries are to start your engine. Brendan |
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22nd May 2012 5:46pm |
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| bpman Member Since: 21 May 2008 Location: Oslo Posts: 8069
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updated previous photo, now shows the bluesea fuse box
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22nd May 2012 6:35pm |
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| pjh Member Since: 22 Nov 2010 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 126
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Many thanks for everyone's help. Job completed over the weekend - it is a bit of a sod isn't it.
All the best, Peter Defender 11MY USW |
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29th May 2012 6:03am |
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