Disco 1 Dual Battery Setup Advice

[Knightspirit]

Update:

Positives: The battery fits perfectly where the bottle jack used to live! Ne needs to make a bracket.

Negative: Need to modify the air intake housing, and move the power steering reservoir. the lines are hard on the power steering, so had to order new ones F###. Re air intake housing. I'm considering grinding the hole from the top to open it up. So it can pull more air from higher on the housing. Anyone had any luck (besides going the snorkel route) modifying the air intake?

You should be able to just twist the "horn" on the intake off - and then the battery will fit with no other modification to the intake.

 

[peytondisco98]

Here is the (almost) final setup. Both batteries are connected and i’m waiting for the battery isolater to arrive that @Knightspirit recomended. Felt more secure driving out to VT to ski this weekend running both batteries.

 

[BDM]

I have a dual battery set up. My second battery is a deep cycle Optima (Yellow top) which I have connected to a charging station in the back. You'll need the battery:

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Battery isolator:

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Fuse:

60A Inline AGU fuse holder fits for 4 8 10 Gauge wire including 2 pcs 60A Fuse 1pc Hex key wrench - - Amazon.com

60A Inline AGU fuse holder fits for 4 8 10 Gauge wire including 2 pcs 60A Fuse 1pc Hex key wrench - - Amazon.com

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Here's what my charging panel looks like:

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@Knightspirit.

You have schematics or a write up on this? Awesome setup.