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Oct 23, 2007 | 01:58 PM

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Franklin2

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whats the best brand of battery isolator you can think of that would be worth purchasing for my application?

Any of them will work. All they are is a big diode mounted on a heatsink. You will have to debate if you want a good deal on someplace like ebay, or buy it locally where it might have a warranty and you could return it if it failed when you hooked it up.

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Is there any sort of big fuse box i can get to eliminate the 3-4 big wires I have coming off of the battery for the aux stuff? I'd like something I could just run one big wire to, and then it distributes the power to 4-5 other wires, each one being fused.

Here's one.
http://www.crutchfield.com/App/Produ...on&i=211CBR44A

Oct 23, 2007 | 03:41 PM

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WoomaHodal

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thats $80 though. i'm going to try and find something a bit cheaper or perhaps on ebay

Oct 23, 2007 | 04:07 PM

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78F150XLT

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From: On a farm in Alberta.

if you really want for that circut splitter for ur amps and stuff, you can easily rig one up, i can send u a diagram and list the stuff to use its just if you want to spend the time doing it or how good it will work.
Ok i'll call the one alternator/starter rebuild place not far from me and se if i can scam a isolator off of them!

Oct 24, 2007 | 03:07 PM

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Mil1ion

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I have an extra 90 amp rated isolator with a 50 amp Circuit Breaker here .

Oct 24, 2007 | 05:46 PM

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WoomaHodal

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Originally Posted by Mil1ion

I have an extra 90 amp rated isolator with a 50 amp Circuit Breaker here .

can you email it to me?

just kidding.

Oct 25, 2007 | 08:11 AM

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chrono4

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From: Elkhart IN

One other thing that you can do cheaply to your charging system is add a few extra gounding cables. On my bronco I added a ground cable front the alternator braket to the battery, and another from the battery to the fire wall. Upgrade the charging lead from teh alternator to the battery. I used all 4 gauge amp power wire for all of this because I had a bunch of it around.

I did my batteries the cheap easy way but when it died, i still just had 3 dead batts. I wired all 3 of mine in parralel. They were all optima red tops.

Oct 27, 2007 | 01:03 PM

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From: sunny fla sometimes windy

Heres a cheap set up just get a starter solenoid and the wiring and it is basically
automatic one toggle switch in the cab!! http://chrisb.users.superford.org/Br..._wiring_02.JPG