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mse Member Since: 06 Apr 2008 Location: UK Posts: 5070 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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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blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17610 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Presumably this will also make the alarm BBS go off when it activates.
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mse Member Since: 06 Apr 2008 Location: UK Posts: 5070 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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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mse Member Since: 06 Apr 2008 Location: UK Posts: 5070 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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 ![]() |
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fekete Member Since: 24 Dec 2008 Location: Here on the other end of the computer Posts: 3626 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Great little device
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BigMike Member Since: 13 Jul 2010 Location: Lancashire Posts: 2253 ![]() ![]() |
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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mse Member Since: 06 Apr 2008 Location: UK Posts: 5070 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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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BigMike Member Since: 13 Jul 2010 Location: Lancashire Posts: 2253 ![]() ![]() |
yeah i agree, it does seem like a great device. i wasnt meanng to come across otherwise
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Vixen Member Since: 16 Mar 2010 Location: NSW, Orstraya Posts: 97 ![]() ![]() |
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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BigMike Member Since: 13 Jul 2010 Location: Lancashire Posts: 2253 ![]() ![]() |
an engel fridge should cut out way before it flattens a battery.
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Vixen Member Since: 16 Mar 2010 Location: NSW, Orstraya Posts: 97 ![]() ![]() |
Never tried it. No-one wants cold beer anyway at the end of a summers day in Oz ![]() |
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