GU Duel Battery System with Deep Cycle Battery

Hey Guys,

Well I've been doing some research and am slowly starting to pull together parts for my duel battery system.

The Patrol is used for general camping and 4x4 duties, as such only has the standard LED lighting and a 47L ARB fridge requiring power at this stage.

I'll be putting through a couple additional 12V USB power sockets through the patrol at the same time.

Can anyone recommend a quality eBay seller with a decent product - I'm dubious about their quality being direct from o/seas, but Narva ones are at least double the price....

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I've already ran some 6B&S power and earth cable along the inside of the vehicle from the engine bay to the rear, and will be installing a fuse box in the front and rear of the vehicle.




http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...015/10/139.jpg

I've pretty much settled on getting the Redarc SBI12KIT Duel Battery system from AutoElecAU as it suits my generall needs and is good value for money at $219.

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Have a look at this store if you haven't already mate.
http://stores.ebay.com.au/autoelecau

Bought tons of Auto elec stuff from there and aways great prices and fast delivery never had an issue with them.

Has anyone had any experience; good or bad; regarding Piranah ($195) or ARB ($135) auxiliary battery trays.... I'm struggling to justify the difference. Have read bad reports about installation difficulties for both.... but you never know with random online reviews

Battery wise, given it will be under the bonnet I'm staying away from the AGM / Gel type batteries and sticking with the cheaper older tech batteries.

I'm tossing up between a deep cycle battery or a marine type battery which gives a good combined cracking power with deep cycle. I've had a read on this website which provided some good information on batteries which are suitable for under bonnet installations http://www.everybattery.com.au/deep_...s_auto_4wd.php

There are so many different types and variants out there, so its a bit of a mine field I think, but options currently being considered are:

Exide Stowaway (ST27DC95) - 680 CCA and 95 A?H for $224

Delkor D31 Lead Calcium Deep Cycle 100Ah $270

Supercharge All rounder (MRV70L) - 760CCA and 105 A/H for $239

Century Deep Cycle Flooded Battery (N70t) - 100A/H for $199

Century Marine Pro 730 - 730 CCA and 100 A/H for $195

Any experience / recommendations with any of these -- or any other similar batteries for that matter! Thanks!

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Originally Posted by Bacho86

Has anyone had any experience; good or bad; regarding Piranah ($195) or ARB ($135) auxiliary battery trays.... I'm struggling to justify the difference. Have read bad reports about installation difficulties for both.... but you never know with random online reviews

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I have/had a ARB tray in my 3L CRD and in my 4.2 L. Both fitted my self . I don't know whats difficult about fitting it ?? I think both were all of 3 stubbies worth.

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Originally Posted by Hodge

I have/had a ARB tray in my 3L CRD and in my 4.2 L. Both fitted my self . I don't know whats difficult about fitting it ?? I think both were all of 3 stubbies worth.

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Cool good to know - I was reading on piranah'a website about having to possibly relocate radiator overflow bottles or get additional brackets etc...


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Have a look at this store if you haven't already mate.
http://stores.ebay.com.au/autoelecau

Bought tons of Auto elec stuff from there and aways great prices and fast delivery never had an issue with them.

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Yeh that's where I'm planning on getting the redarc kit from (I think based on your recommendation and recent post for the 4.2). I couldn't find any USB sockets though that I was looking for unfortunately


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http://stores.ebay.com.au/autoelecau...sid=1026544065

Have you considered the Baintech GU panel ? The 3 big sockets in it are modular. So you can have USB / engel / Cig - in them, any combo.
Very neat, but IMO a little expensive @ around $100 from memory.
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...id=61909&stc=1

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http://stores.ebay.com.au/autoelecau...sid=1026544065

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Ah legend thanks ET. I couldn't find anything but I was on the mobile app


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Originally Posted by Hodge

Have you considered the Baintech GU panel ? The 3 big sockets in it are modular. So you can have USB / engel / Cig - in them, any combo.
Very neat, but IMO a little expensive @ around $100 from memory.
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...id=61909&stc=1

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Yeh I've seem them before, nice bit of kit but agree that they're pretty pricey
plus I've already got the standard 12v ciggie and engel plug in the rear, so only really need a couple USB points, plus a gauge would be handy in the rear for the aux battery


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Just a thought. But the autoelecau store. You can order whatever combination of switches you are after

I have the supercharge all rounder battery but 120AH..
No problems yet. But the 120 is an inch longer than standard..
Auto elec is also a good store. Used a few times and happy to combine for postage..

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I have the supercharge all rounder battery but 120AH..
No problems yet. But the 120 is an inch longer than standard..
Auto elec is also a good store. Used a few times and happy to combine for postage..

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Thanks mate, I'll get the measurement of the arb battery tray before hand just to make sure a larger one will fit


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Originally Posted by Bacho86

Supercharge All rounder (MRV70L) - 760CCA and 105 A/H for $239

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This is what I've got and got it a lot cheaper than that.

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Originally Posted by Winnie

This is what I've got and got it a lot cheaper than that.

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Yeh I think I remember Mudski saying he used to rep for them and that they were good value or money....This was just the price online from autobahn, I was expecting it to be much cheaper. Once I settle on the battery I'll shop around some more

Where'd you get yours from winne?

Mudski where do you recommend getting them from?


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I got mine from the supercharge shop here in Warragul and I think I paid 150?

I have the rear Baintech power panel and use the dual USB Baintech unit in the lower centre console
Never had a problem with any of them, I have not used the Cig outlets in the rear panel as I changed
most of my accessories to merit plugs
I also pot a Cig and merit behind the centre console and soon will puting in a dual USB as well

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I got mine from the supercharge shop here in Warragul and I think I paid 150?

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Geez mate, I'm not sure who you sweet talked for that price! Just rang up the Warragul shop and they quoted me $234. For the additional couple bucks, I'd just as soon go down to the local Autobahn store.

Yeah I helped the bloke out with some stuff for his house through work so he did look after me.
He actually died 6 months or so back driving the supercharge truck, got hit by a car and rolled.

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Originally Posted by Winnie

This is what I've got and got it a lot cheaper than that.

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Good pick up. I got my 120 for under that.
I was quoted $215 for my 120ah, from memory the 105 was around $185.

No matter what tray you get, likely you should also get some fabricating done to stop it moving and breaking underneath.
I had a metal strap/ connected betwen inner battery hold-down out to the guard.

I've put a Delkor MF under my bonnet, I have a GU TB45e and it was a pain in the butt to fit it in, welded up my own battery tray that uses 4 factory bolt positions, had to shift my diff and tranny breathers as well as change the loom that runs into the side guard to the side blinker and aerial.
I fitted a ABR sidewinder dual battery isolator, I've fitted a monitor in the dash that i can check the voltage on both batteries as well as jump start off the auxiliary.
I ran 3 B&S between the batteries which I now believe is way overkill, I could have saved some bucks and went smaller, I ran 8 B&S to the back for my merit plugs, after measuring with a multi-meter there was no voltage loss to the rear. I didn't run an earth back to the battery from the rear and just used a rear earthing point and that has worked fine.
I have heaps of stuff running auxiliary battery and it has been great, have an evakool 70l DZ fridge/freezer in the back that stays real cold, as well as all our camp LED's, front and rear light bars (switched).
If I'm on the road a bit the battery stays charged, and when I'm not using the fridge, most days the isolator doesn't even switch off, when we pull up and camp for a few days I just connect the solar panels to the aux. battery, never had a problem yet and the battery is only an 80 AH.
I use 2 x 120AH AGM batteries & 120w solar panels when we camp out with the camper trailer, and after a few years camping trips have decided that I reckon we could get by with half that easily.
I it was a bit of a rant, but you can spend a lot of money and end up with something that is way more than you need.
I spent a lot of time researching what I was going to do then spent about half as much as I thought I would buying the bigger stuff through ebay.

Thanks for the comments guys, I ended up getting the arb tray and a century 730 marine battery


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