That is awesome. Seeing pics of it being done and the write up, makes me feel like I can do this to.

 

The hardest part would be making the brackets for the batteries (welding involved) and finding a place to mount your isolator. The rest is just making up cables/wires and routing them. Feel free to PM me if you have further questions. I'm no expert, but I will try to help.

 

Hi folks,
Thanks to the information on yotatech.com, tacomaterritory.com, bajataco.com and 4wdtrips.net I now have Dual Batteries under the hood.

I already had an Optima Red Top 34/78 as the starter battery. Follow THIS .
link for more details. Thanks Bajataco for hosting.

I've mounted a SurePower Isolator model #9523A found at Canadian Tire for $45 CDN for you Canadians on the forum. I also got a killer deal on an Exide Orbital Marine Deep Cycle as the aux battery. I mounted the battery under the hood on the passenger side wheel well. Righ where the ABS system would be if I had it! Initial testing looks good. I know that a post without pics is useless so here we go...

The Orbital Marine Deep Cycle by Exide:


The Optima Red Top 34/78:


Under the hood:


Yes I know, the engine compartment is filthy...
Cheers ,
P

 

(bringing back an old thread cause i cant find some answers)



so are the acessories (fridge, lights, winch, etc) wired up to the red top or yellow top? i would think the red top, but Im just making sure... and how much did this whole set up cost you? $450? (including both batteries and all supplies)

 

The accessories are supplied by the large yellowtop that you see on the right, which is the auxiliary battery. The red top is reserved for the OEM circuits and starting the engine.

I don't recall exact cost off-hand, but a quick guess would be about $600 if you purchased everything at retail today. I think the D31T yellowtop is going for around $200 and the redtop around $100. The Xantrex Pathmaker goes for about $150 I think. Then there is all of the hardware, cable, fuseblocks, etc. If I were to do this system now, I would probably get the new combiner/isolator unit from Mobi-Arc which would be nice for use with a winch.

 

thanks... good looking setup