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D&G wrote:
Enough room for beers. Where do you keep your ham, cheese, milk, eggs and bacon then??
In the centre cubby fridge D3 07 SE - still going strong
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4th Aug 2017 4:07 pm
lespes
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Getting a cable through bulkhead for a separate circuit is dead simple and easy to lay under door/floor trims to the load area. Going to be much easier than wiring into existing circuits. takes about half hour max for a non skilled person like me. D4 Landmark MY16 Santorini Black THE LAST
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4th Aug 2017 4:58 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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There is non-skilled and there is me. I was thinking if I'm running a cable to the rear, run a big cable then to the area above the compressor air intake, then build a socket bank in the cover I took from Dark Bluie. Plus if big cable I've got capacity for heavy use appliances like the Viair compressor.
Though I was wondering if the fuse for the towing electrics was in the engine bay. That's already connected to the rear ciggie socket and was wondering if I could nick one end of that circuit, connect it to the aux battery rather thank the crank batt, then that'll run the fridge.
Mind you, I have to get the 👍 from SWMBO, she says only competent hands can do this.
4th Aug 2017 5:24 pm
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Looking to follow this kind of setup, pic nicked from a post by Iceman.
There are a fair few posts on doing this, like Iggys, but mostly pretty old so items no longer around on fleabay.
Anyone got links for:
The heavy cable in the above pic? What sort of amps is that type of cable rated to? Just trying to build in capacity for future, poss Anderson connector for compressor but that's for later.
The distribution block that the heavy cable goes into.
In fact any links/recommendations/suggestions for any of the bits would be great. I don't even have any cable to go to each socket. Pretty much starting from scratch. I do have a fuse box but think the top of it may have been left in Dark Bluie.
PS Is there an earthing stud in the back there for the neggie cable?
5th Aug 2017 10:16 am
stiff
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Del - Roger and Jess both have their second battery mounted behind the R/H middle seat row. It fits perfectly into the space behind the seat and just under edge of the boot floor. Also makes it quite easy to attach any additional cable runs for sockets, distribution boards etc
And there are plenty of earthing studs in the side rear cubby holes MY2008 D3 - It got me hooked...gone
MY2012 D4 - It kept me hooked...gone
MY2007 D3 - Mid-Life crisis toy continues driving me to bankruptcy...
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5th Aug 2017 10:54 am
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Any pics? And how secured down? Would mean I mount the solenoid in the aux battery box, heavy cable through to the battery there and distribute onwards. How do they cover up the terminals in case someone shoves something back there and shorts across the terminals? Questions, questions. Would be easier for me as I'll be taking out row 2 & 3 out anyway to fit the load deck.
5th Aug 2017 11:29 am
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Assume you're talking about here:
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I can see how that would work. Yellow Top fit in there? I'm thinking my present higher capacity beisure battery might be a bit too tall, even with the load deck. Should fit, spec says it's 190mm high and looks OK.
The solenoid would go in the engine bay and run a honking great cable through the secret grommet then up the cable channel and out under the carpet. Just got to find an ignition live point in the engine bay to provide a signal feed for the solenoid.
Mine behind N/S cubby, it's going back in next week to fit a tray for it to sit in & then it will be mounted upright.
Cost on bracket TBC but I can order more from Simon if anyone else needs.
Paul.
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5th Aug 2017 12:50 pm
tayaste
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Some photo's .. sorry about quality, getting dark out there now
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6th Aug 2017 8:01 pm
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Not quite on the same scale as those ^^^^^ but cables arrived today. 2 x 10m 2.5mm2 (30A) and 2 x 10m 1mm2 (16A). I know you need a lot less -ve cable but 10m wasn't much more than 5m for either.
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Still thinking re running a heavy cable to the back, even if it's not connected but it's there. I keep mentioning it to SWMBO and she just asks "why?", I just answer "coz if you're pulling one cable you may as well pull two".
PS If I was to put a heavy cable from aux battery box, through into cab at driver side, then back to passanger side rear, is 5m enough?
10th Aug 2017 9:26 am
tayaste
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Iirc I ordered 10m to go from battery box to rear cubby. I didn't use the full 10 metres but I definitely didn't have 5 metres left after I had routed it under all the trim.
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10th Aug 2017 9:47 am
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What I thought. Cheers.
10th Aug 2017 9:49 am
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Right, had an epiphany.
Not getting anywhere re engine area ignition live feed under the bonnet for the solenoid but realised I have an easily accessible ignition live source that has been unearthed when I took the relay out to make the aux sockets live off the aux batter. As I'm running a cable from where the aux battery is, I can pull a second cable through that would go from there to the 12v sensing spade of the solenoid.
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Now just got to use the DMM to figure out which of the left and right side "sockets" are ignition live and which is -ve. From the diagram on the relay would suggest that its pin 2 of the solenoid, the socket on the RHS of the above pic.
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Unless someone sees a problem with my fiendish plan. It has been known.
15th Aug 2017 5:27 pm
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Been out fiddling with bits of wire, a DMM and a voltmeter in the aux socket to see what's going on. As per Beanie's recommendation, the lower horizontal receiver bit for a blade connector feeds the centre right and middle aux socket (rear already perm live off the crank battery). Checked that with my leisure battery in the passanger footwell, cable from the +vet to the horizontal relay socket bit and -ve to the side of the "cigar lighter" socket. Voltmeters fired up in both the aux sockets so jobs a good un, once we get the battery in the engine bay and wired up to the crank battery.
Still got to figure out an ignition live trigger feed for the relay sensing, I thought I'd cracked it from the relay diagram but both the ones it could be stay live after the car goes to sleep, i.e. the cigar lighter socket switches off.
All getting a bit complicated, this electrickery malarkie.
23rd Aug 2017 10:38 am
stiff
Member Since: 17 Jul 2017
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why didn't you go the easy route and buy a Traxide kit for the split charge set-up...? MY2008 D3 - It got me hooked...gone
MY2012 D4 - It kept me hooked...gone
MY2007 D3 - Mid-Life crisis toy continues driving me to bankruptcy...
MY2018 "D5" Si6 - But is it a "true" LR...discuss...but now gone
Back in a D4 with a lot of extras....
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