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Brian Lewis
| | Posted on Friday, July 19, 2002 - 10:03 am: | 
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I installed two Optima yellow top batteries in my DII last week. Everything works fine but today I had the Disco running for 5 min. before I got in & noticed the battery light was on, so I applied the gas pedal & it went off. Has anyone else experienced this with their Disco ?
Thanks,
Brian |
mongo
| | Posted on Friday, July 19, 2002 - 10:13 am: |
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Hey Brian,
I'm running 2 Optima Blue top marine batteries and have had no problems. How do you have them wired?
Frank |
Brian Lewis
| | Posted on Friday, July 19, 2002 - 01:18 pm: |
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Frank,
In parallel.It has only come on once.
Thanks,
Brian |
carlt
| | Posted on Friday, July 19, 2002 - 05:23 pm: |
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Brian
Could you post a picture of your setup? The only reason I can see for the light going on is with 2 batteries in parallel the resistance is half of what the alternator is expecting, so on idle the charging light might come on due to "excessive" amps drawn... This is a WAG of course...
Carl |
Paul T. Schram (Paulschram)
| | Posted on Friday, July 19, 2002 - 05:47 pm: |
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Uhoh, trying to apply Ohm's law to something that is haunted by the Ghost of Joseph Lucas... |
Brian Lewis
| | Posted on Friday, July 19, 2002 - 06:54 pm: |
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Carl,
I will try to post a picture of my setup. I hope it works.
Thanks,
Brian
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Brian Lewis
| | Posted on Friday, July 19, 2002 - 06:56 pm: |
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Carl,
I will try to post a picture of my setup. I hope it works.
Thanks,
Brian
http://image1.villagephotos.com/pubimage.asp?id_=449716&uid=7647 |
Brian Lewis
| | Posted on Friday, July 19, 2002 - 07:05 pm: |
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Carl,
This is how I ran them. (1st)Battery closest to radiator + side post to starter, + top post fuse panel & pos. of other battery, - top post ground bar & other cable going to other battery (2nd) battery + lead to winch & cable to other battery, - to winch & other battery. What I did do is cut the end off of the factory ground that went from the ground bar to the stock battery.
Thanks,
Brian |
carlt
| | Posted on Friday, July 19, 2002 - 07:34 pm: |
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Brian
Sweet. I didn't realize that the Optimas are that compact! Did you fabricate a shelf for them, or did you just cut the box appart...?
Carl |
Brian Lewis (Thejekyll)
| | Posted on Friday, July 19, 2002 - 07:40 pm: |
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Carl,
I pulled the plastic box out & fabricated a tray out of 3/16" aluminum (worked great) do you see anything wrong with the way I wired them ?
Thanks,
Brian |
CarlT
| | Posted on Friday, July 19, 2002 - 07:50 pm: |
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Brian
No, the way you wired them is fine. The issue is still the alternator is/might be stressed at times due to the fact that is potentially is getting taxed more. I don't think it will be a problem, and I plan to install my batteries in the same fashion. But the occasional battery charge flicker might occur. But there is a reason for selling those battery charge seperating devices I'm sure... Could the reason be that the alternator will have a hard time bringing both up to a full charge or...? But with your setup there is less to go wrong I guess, and that is always good.
Carl |
Brian Lewis (Thejekyll)
| | Posted on Friday, July 19, 2002 - 07:59 pm: |
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Carl,
I was thinking the same thing about the alt. being under more stress & that is why when I applied the gas the light went off.
Thanks,
Brian |
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