USAPLISKEN Posted July 28, 2013 Member ID: 1634 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 26 Topic Count: 210 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 1634 Content Per Day: 0.30 Reputation: 370 Achievement Points: 12427 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/03/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 28, 2016 Birthday: 04/19/1949 Posted July 28, 2013 (edited) I would like to put anouther 12v battery in the truck is there any conflict with doing this, the truck came with a place to put it on the left side. Positive to positive with switch, body ground fender bolt at new Battery box, wire from ALT to + on second battery no switch. I plan on using a 110v 1000W power converter on this one so I dont run my main bat dead. Thanks Phil Edited July 28, 2013 by USAPLISKEN
BUDMAN Posted July 28, 2013 Member ID: 800 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 152 Topic Count: 139 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 7097 Content Per Day: 1.26 Reputation: 4638 Achievement Points: 60361 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 11/27/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 7 hours ago Birthday: 05/29/1957 Device: Windows Posted July 28, 2013 contact your local dealer they should sell a kit for that. And there should be no adverse effects if installed properly. note Gounds are very important !!! Any questions feel free to hit me up on xfire/t/s BUDMAN Blackbart 1 Awards
little_old_man Posted July 28, 2013 Member ID: 1194 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 436 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 6692 Content Per Day: 1.21 Reputation: 11691 Achievement Points: 53094 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 76 Joined: 02/27/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 16, 2023 Birthday: 04/15/1960 Posted July 28, 2013 Just make sure the switch on the positive lead stays open when you're not using the converter. Otherwise it won't charge while your engine is running. Blackbart 1 Awards
KaptCrunch Posted July 28, 2013 Member ID: 389 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 48 Topic Count: 315 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4875 Content Per Day: 0.85 Reputation: 4055 Achievement Points: 39445 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 51 Joined: 09/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 4 hours ago Birthday: 01/01/1970 Device: Windows Posted July 28, 2013 (edited) I would like to put anouther 12v battery in the truck is there any conflict with doing this, the truck came with a place to put it on the left side. Positive to positive with switch, body ground fender bolt at new Battery box, wire from ALT to + on second battery no switch. I plan on using a 110v 1000W power converter on this one so I dont run my main bat dead. Thanks Phil 1 question how long you planning on running your inverter ? note: max amp DRAW LOAD is 10 amps or make a 12V gen-set gas powerd motor to run a ALT with built-in regulator on a board with your inverter and batt this way you have both 12vdc charger and 120vac on tap 7/24 need to use a Battery Isolators to provent dead batt if going to use AUX batt set-up Edited July 29, 2013 by KaptCrunch Awards
WANTED Posted July 28, 2013 Member ID: 971 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 11 Topic Count: 42 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 526 Content Per Day: 0.09 Reputation: 172 Achievement Points: 3690 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/02/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 17, 2024 Birthday: 12/08/1973 Device: Android Posted July 28, 2013 Majic 8 Ball says: All Signs point to Yes Awards
USAPLISKEN Posted July 29, 2013 Member ID: 1634 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 26 Topic Count: 210 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 1634 Content Per Day: 0.30 Reputation: 370 Achievement Points: 12427 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/03/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 28, 2016 Birthday: 04/19/1949 Author Posted July 29, 2013 Just make sure the switch on the positive lead stays open when you're not using the converter. Otherwise it won't charge while your engine is running. The charge wire is a small 10Gage wire from ALT to + of secod Bat / when the power goes out I sleep in my truck and plan on plugging in my Fridge while I sleep / keep food (Beer ) cold the large wire is incase I need a jump from the second Battery. The truck wont see the added Bat (right) it is still 12V just 1500 amp insted of 750 amp ( more heavy duty Battery ) Truck wont be abel to see that or will it ?? thats what I dont know in the old days it was simple but I dont want to take out my computor by hooking up the other Battery.. ????? so my delima
BUDMAN Posted July 29, 2013 Member ID: 800 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 152 Topic Count: 139 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 7097 Content Per Day: 1.26 Reputation: 4638 Achievement Points: 60361 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 11/27/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 7 hours ago Birthday: 05/29/1957 Device: Windows Posted July 29, 2013 I checked at the dealer i work for and there are no kits avaiable.....but you can buy all the parts seperately. If you do that no Battery Isolators are needed. USAPLISKEN 1 Awards
Leprechaun Posted July 30, 2013 Member ID: 4048 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 5 Topic Count: 1 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 20 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 8 Achievement Points: 155 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/30/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 24, 2019 Birthday: 10/17/1979 Posted July 30, 2013 (edited) It is very much so possible to do. And all advice is correct, you are on the right track. The only thing I don't see mentioned that you will want to (and may have to) do based on the usage of the additional battery, especially being another 12V, is you may need to change your alternator to one with a higher amp output. Your truck will see both batteries and will consider them as 1. So in order to keep the 2nd battery charged, you need the output from the alternator to compensate for the added power usage. I did this to my Ford, running a winch and TV etc... on the 2nd battery and all I did was duplicated the alt to battery connection, and the necessary wiring and fuses to the additional electronics. As far as possibly needing to use 1 battery to jump the other, just use jumper cables LOL. You'll be simultaneously charging so you wont have to drain 1, and or just swap out the pos./neg. of each battery to run the car with the good one, while the other charges. Any rate im rambling on now. So yes its possible to do it, good luck and enjoy it. Edited July 30, 2013 by Leprechaun
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