#TOW READY BATTERY ISOLATION SOLENOID INSTALL#
He said to simply install a lead acid type with suitable cold cranking capacity as the start battery. Is it necessary or just desirable to have the same type batteries in the coach starting bank and house deep cycle bank? The question arose recently while talking to a Lifetime dealer about the apparent lack of a Lifetime AGM start battery in the D8 size. We all know that one shouldn't mix battery types in the same bank and that it's desirable to have all batteries in a bank approximately the same age. All the other custom cable cutters I have found were just as expensive as Theft Marine or would take their time putting together custom orders. I wish I had known about this business sooner. I had to help a guy jump start his 40 foot Class A Diesel this past weekend with my coach and it took a half hour to charge his battery enough with my jumper cables to get it to crank in 25 degree weather after we nearly toasted my cables trying to do a quick jump start. I am thinking I could have him make me some really heavy duty custom jumper cables for a lot less money than buying the thinner 4 gauge jumper cable. His web site allows you custom order the length and various sizes of crimped lug ends. I might replace the wires in my boston whaler and few more cables in the County Coach because some of them are much longer than they need to be and this place makes it very affordable to do this. Located in Auburn WA and his internet site is Lawrence and his business is Greg's Marine Wire Supply. Great service with personal emails keeping me up to date with the order and shipping. I ordered a single 4/0 1 foot crimped cable to replace the (2) 3/0 cables, late Saturday night. He processed my order in less than 12 hours and had the order in the mail the next day.
The shrink wrap was liberal and the very thick adhesive type. The 4/0 cable was the same quality as the West marine 3/0 cable but at 1/3 the cost and the lugs where 1/3 the cost and excellent quality and bigger ends. All the other suppliers of 4/0 welding cable I could find sold the wire in bulk and the shipping was way out there.Ī couple days ago I found this business on the internet that does all of this work for 1/3 of the cost and the crimps (die crimped) are far better than mine or the original ones on the country coach (stamped). Since West Marine did not have 4/0 cable I had to double up a 3/0 cable for the additional shunt to negative terminal on the inverter. I am running a total of 980amp hours with 4 AGM 8D house batteries. I had to crimp and shrink wrap them myself for the first time and they came out ok but it was not a die crimper that compresses the whole lug around the wire. I wanted marine grade cable because of the extra tinting on the copper wires and flexible cable like welding wire). What I ended up with is 3/0 gauge cable (the largest gauge they had). I recently spent over $250 dollars cutting and crimping some new battery cables at West Marine to add two more house batteries in my coach. Not sure what dual battery system is best for your vehicle? Let Shaun Whale explain more.Wish I had found this place sooner. Silver contacts for longer life and suitable for marine applications.The Smart Start SBI12 battery isolator is a safe way to charge a dual battery system and should often be installed with a high quality fuse kit. It features a low standby current draw and sophisticated fault detection and LED indication of operation to warn the user of faults including over-voltage, voltage drop and excessive current draw conditions. It is better than a diode battery isolator due to the voltage drop associated with diode type isolation. The battery isolator is primarily used in 4WD and commercial vehicles and incorporates electronic components that will prevent the solenoid from generating high voltage transients. The SBI2 provides 12 volt DC incorporating 100A of continuous ratings. It will protect the start battery from excessive discharge, whilst allowing the auxiliary battery to supply non-essential loads. The REDARC Smart Start® SBI2 is a microprocessor-controlled battery isolator used in dual battery systems as a solenoid priority system.
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