lsdweb
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| posted on 17/2/06 at 10:10 AM |
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Battery Isolator
Anybody used the EV 200 battery isolator - Demon Thieves have them
here
for £135 plus VAT. I've found them for £85.00 plus VAT and will try and get that price down a bit.
Regards
Wyn
[Edited on 17/2/06 by lsdweb]
 
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RichieC
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| posted on 17/2/06 at 10:16 AM |
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Never used one, but why do you need such a heavy duty one?
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02GF74
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| posted on 17/2/06 at 10:31 AM |
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is it a marine i.e. waterproof or somat?
hardly low cost. can't see what you hope to gain fitting that monster!
I have the £6 switch in the kit car and the £ 23 one on the land rover; the latter has never given me any problems in 5 years.
see here:
http://www.vehicle-wiring-products.co.uk/VWPweb2000/battisol/battisol.html
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7 in a fancy suit
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| posted on 17/2/06 at 11:02 AM |
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I agree. Because I am abroad most of the time, I've fitted cheapo ones to my Robinhood, Westfield, Merc and Trooper. About £6-8 a time mail
order from somewhere. No bother with any of them and saves the alarms killing the batteries after about 4-5 weeks.
A man gets lonely in the desert.......and bored
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lsdweb
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| posted on 17/2/06 at 12:02 PM |
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The main reason is to shorten the run of battery cables, which reduces the number and length of live, unfused cables running through the car - much
safer in a big accident. The isolator can be fitted directly next to the battery (probably behind the seat panel in my single seater) so the only
length of permanently live cabling is the short length between the battery and the isolator.
The only thing this unit cannot do, on its own, is to feed the alternator / generator supply to earth via a resistor - this can be achieved with
another relay or not at all (I may no be running with a generator anyway).
Regards
Wyn
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RichieC
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| posted on 17/2/06 at 12:10 PM |
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The more expensive of the two cut out switches (the FIA version) can do everything you need and has 6 contacts and a resistor. Would definately be my
preferred option.
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lsdweb
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| posted on 17/2/06 at 12:22 PM |
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Thanks Richie
I already have the FIA switch but this still requires heavy, live battery cables to be run to the switch, which must be in an easily accessible
position (unless you resort to pull cables etc.).
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lsdweb
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| posted on 17/2/06 at 04:31 PM |
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And the other advantage of remote battery isolators is that you can easily have multiple shut off points - mandatory in enclosed cars and hard to
achieve.
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