gatorgrizz27
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Hi all,
I recently purchased a Land Rover LR3 and have been getting it setup as a DD/camping vehicle. For a couple reasons, I’ve been looking at adding an auxiliary battery setup, but believe a portable setup would be more versatile for my needs.
#1 is a winch. I plan to build a 2” front receiver hitch to accept a multi-mount winch and run leads with a quick connect to the main battery. For general off-road use, this is where it would live. However, it would be nice to do a single rear recovery or two, given that the mounting hardware already exists.
The auxiliary battery in a box would power this, as well as being a portable solution to bring along on the wife’s Range Rover for a ski trip, etc. The winch will also be used on my open utility trailer which will require it’s own battery, and eventually on my Range Rover Classic. Bunch of birds stoned with one winch + battery.
#2 is a fridge if I eventually go that route. I don’t want one permanently mounted, so having to carry the battery when I wanted it to run overnight wouldn’t be a big deal. Basically, I’d power the fridge off the main battery when driving during the day and charge the aux battery, then unplug and swap over to it at night when camping. Not a big deal when you’re moving daily, and again allows it to be used on multiple vehicles. If the charging circuit could keep up during the day, I might not even need to switch back and forth.
To charge this battery, as well as keep my cargo trailer/camper batteries topped off (not at the same time), I’d run an 8-10 gauge wire to the rear of the vehicle with a 60A connector. Would this Blue Sea ACR work to power up this circuit only when the engine is running?
I use these plugs for my boat trolling motor battery and charger, so building a male pigtail would allow me to charge the auxiliary battery with that charger also.
On the battery box I’d also have an Anderson connector for the winch, as well as a fridge plug and 12v socket.
Thanks for any input, I’ll try to add a drawing later to make things more clear.
I recently purchased a Land Rover LR3 and have been getting it setup as a DD/camping vehicle. For a couple reasons, I’ve been looking at adding an auxiliary battery setup, but believe a portable setup would be more versatile for my needs.
#1 is a winch. I plan to build a 2” front receiver hitch to accept a multi-mount winch and run leads with a quick connect to the main battery. For general off-road use, this is where it would live. However, it would be nice to do a single rear recovery or two, given that the mounting hardware already exists.
The auxiliary battery in a box would power this, as well as being a portable solution to bring along on the wife’s Range Rover for a ski trip, etc. The winch will also be used on my open utility trailer which will require it’s own battery, and eventually on my Range Rover Classic. Bunch of birds stoned with one winch + battery.
#2 is a fridge if I eventually go that route. I don’t want one permanently mounted, so having to carry the battery when I wanted it to run overnight wouldn’t be a big deal. Basically, I’d power the fridge off the main battery when driving during the day and charge the aux battery, then unplug and swap over to it at night when camping. Not a big deal when you’re moving daily, and again allows it to be used on multiple vehicles. If the charging circuit could keep up during the day, I might not even need to switch back and forth.
To charge this battery, as well as keep my cargo trailer/camper batteries topped off (not at the same time), I’d run an 8-10 gauge wire to the rear of the vehicle with a 60A connector. Would this Blue Sea ACR work to power up this circuit only when the engine is running?
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I use these plugs for my boat trolling motor battery and charger, so building a male pigtail would allow me to charge the auxiliary battery with that charger also.
On the battery box I’d also have an Anderson connector for the winch, as well as a fridge plug and 12v socket.
Thanks for any input, I’ll try to add a drawing later to make things more clear.
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