Finally got my dual battery tray done...

[Derrick C.]

I got off my butt like a month ago to do this and got like half way through before I got sick of it.

Got some battery boxes from Schucks and made a mod to them. They come with plastic clamps to clamp the box down to what ever you mount it to. Dumbasses!!! So I threw those away and made some metal ones. Then I took some 1/4" thick diamond plate I had laying around and cut to fit. I'm putting this over the passenger rear fender well thingy back there. I removed the plastic crap back there cause I'm replacing all plastic with aluminum. Kinda like a race truck. Heres a pic of them sittin in my garage. I'll get some installed pics when I get the need to finish it.

 

[Derrick C.]

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[XplorerKid]

Nice Looking......

What kinda batts. ? Optima? Red Top?

 

[Derrick C.]

Thanks!!! Batteries will be Optima Yellow tops.

 

[Arnie897]

how are you connecting them?

 

[Derrick C.]

I'm using a kit from Painless Wiring. I have 3 different modes to choose from with this kit.

Mode 1:Gives you twice the starting amperage and isolates the batteries when shut off. No dead battery here.

Mode 2:Locks out auxiliary battery and holds it in reserve for when you need it most.

Mode 3:Allows a self jump-start from the auxiliary battery.

 

[Crankcase]

Wait, so you will be relocating the starting battery back there also?

OR:

Are you putting two back up batteries in the rear, and leaving the starting batt up front???

 

[Derrick C.]

Starting battery and auxiliary battery are going back there. Then when I'm done with my stereo system I'll add another battery for that section.

 

[Arnie897]

Originally posted by Derrick C.
I'm using a kit from Painless Wiring. I have 3 different modes to choose from with this kit.

Mode 1:Gives you twice the starting amperage and isolates the batteries when shut off. No dead battery here.

Mode 2:Locks out auxiliary battery and holds it in reserve for when you need it most.

Mode 3:Allows a self jump-start from the auxiliary battery.

What's the difference between Mode 1 and Mode 3? Also are you planning on putting something inplace of the battery under the hood? ie...welder, compressor, something like that?

 

[Derrick C.]

My only guess is that in mode 1 your using both batteries to start the truck. Mode 3 is using the auxiliary battery to jump start the main battery.

Not sure though. I just decided on this kit since I plan on using up to 4 batteries in my rig. If your wondering why 4 its because I do some winching and my stereo system has roughly 4000+ watts. Well it will as soon as I can put my rig down to build the box.

I'm not to sure what I'm going to do under the hood. I thought about another compressor but an on board welder would be nice.

 

[Arnie897]

Sounds like a plan. Good luck with it!

 

[Crankcase]

Derrick:
How are you compensating for the distance power drop of the new cables? You using 0 guage cable to run to the starter??

 

[Derrick C.]

I thought about 0 gauge to starter but I'm doing 0 gauge to an under hood distributor then 4 gauge to everything else. Should keep everything in to spec.

If not then I'll do an in-line Accu-volt to push the volts up a bit. That should work just fine. I know I had problems when I first wired up my new Alpine amp and I couldn't get it up to 14 volts so I did an Accu-volt and got it up to 14.8 volts. Right were it needs to be.

 

[Crankcase]

Originally posted by Derrick C.
I thought about 0 gauge to starter but I'm doing 0 gauge to an under hood distributor then 4 gauge to everything else. Should keep everything in to spec.

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Ah yes.....SOunds like a plan...

Why are you relocating to the rear? More room for some new toy up front?

 

[Arnie897]

Originally posted by Derrick C.
I'm not to sure what I'm going to do under the hood. I thought about another compressor but an on board welder would be nice.

 

[Crankcase]

Originally posted by Arnie897

Dunno how I missed that....

Derrick, your onboard compressor is by the washer tank right?

 

[Derrick C.]

My ARB compressor is on a bracket that I built off the A/C thingy on the motor.

 

[Derrick C.]

Oh and the reason.......Cause I can!!!!


I'm really not sure. I wanted more batteries and I didn't want to deal with modding this and that under the hood so I pulled all the plastic out of the cargo area and found my spot.

 

[Crankcase]

Give us some pics of the planned install area....

 

[Derrick C.]

I had to take one of the boxes off cause my old speaker box is in the way. Hopefully you get the idea though.