Dual battery charging set up and parallel battery winching

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Thanks ET.

Now back to smoking of a nice piece of pork and beef coated in crushed pepper and a dash of honey...

[sooty_10]

Yeah as said the override is basically an inbuilt relay so draws sweet f a amps when engaged, just needs 12v.

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[the evil twin]

Thanks ET.

Now back to smoking of a nice piece of pork and beef coated in crushed pepper and a dash of honey...

Jeez man, I'm nearly drowning in saliva thinking about how good that would be... I am so gunna call in to your place next time I cross the Nulla'

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Jeez man, I'm nearly drowning in saliva thinking about how good that would be... I am so gunna call in to your place next time I cross the Nulla'

They are looking good, been on for about 4 hours. Vegs on the BBQ hotplate next..

Let me know when you decide to do drop in.. smoked pork ribs are really nice ...

[billyj]

i have the sbi212 controlling my dual bats with an override switch for winching off both. works a treat have had the gq buried deep in nasty clay(tried to drive a dry dam) definetly helps having both batteries, be sure to use a good heavy cable to link them. also look at a hybrid type battery to better handle the high amp draw of winching etc im using a supercharge allrounder 100ah/700+cca. its a good simple system that works really well

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I am reding most of the existing wiring so its being upgraded to deal with the amp load.

[billyj]

also consider fitting a heavier charge cable from the alt to main battery

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Doing all that anyway as the BS 12 needs a heavy cable vs the current thing there.
Also making sure the +ve and -ve to the new winch are heavier vs the current ones.

The nasty bit is the controller, it's all plastic. So I have to make a metal backing plate so everything hangs on that vs a plastic one.

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Additional query:

Is it worth while looking the two -ve battery terminals with a cable, same size as the +ve one?
At present both batteries are earthed at different points.

[the evil twin]

Additional query:

Is it worth while looking the two -ve battery terminals with a cable, same size as the +ve one?
At present both batteries are earthed at different points.

Can if you want but the thickest, heaviest, largest earth cable you can fit is "Patrol B&S"... that is what Nissan and I both use