Under bonnet Deep Cycle battery??

[Truckus]

Yep, I've only ever heard good things about Optimas over many many years.

Hey @Yeti's Beast just wondering what the felling is with Century's though. Are they still any good??? The Century Overlander 4x4 has all the right stuff on paper & half the price (maybe not as good as the Optima??) of the Optima.

Yep, thats what Truckus runs for both cranking, and accessories battery. He has the secondary/accessories battery in an under-body box (sits inboard of rock sliders under rear LHS seats) and feed from a redarc isolator that is the standard set up Brunswick Diesels uses in their conversions. (this is the set up for solid voltage alternators, smart alts in later vehicles need a different isolator charging arrangement.)

A ball ache to access (you got to remove the carrier tray that is under-slung for battery removal, so glad we got a battery that requires minimal maintenance. This battery supplies all my accessories, like lights, compressor, winch, UHF, fridge power and 12 V outlet, etc, and I will be looking at an alternate set up (as in relocating that battery in the future once I finished building the full 12 V distribution system and they will have additional twin deep cycle 100 AMP hour minimum cycles set up for the 12 V and manager 30 A system with the sine wave inverter (1000W)..but thats still a work in progress

This is a handy link for the vehicle accessories battery https://www.centurybatteries.com.au/...-suv-batteries so figure how much room you have and what load you need to select the right one. Trukus uses these ones https://www.centurybatteries.com.au/.../n70zzxhd/info

and the ones I am looking at for the camping appliances 12 V and inverter set up will be Deep Cycle AGM Range https://www.centurybatteries.com.au/...12-105xda/info

Anyhow, probably too much info, but I tried to keep it basic, in case you then want to tie in a 12 V system later, that can also alt charge from driving, mains charge, and solar charge.