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cheap isolator on ebay
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 8:08 pm
by HJ60_HEATHUS
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... Track=true
Anyone seen these before? I wouldn't expect much for the price, but from other posts, people seem happy enough with supercheaps/jacar ones. Also the 100 amp continuous sounds good...
cheap solenoid
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 7:38 pm
by mgundle
id personally recomend one of these for dual battery setup very simply no crappy circuitry like pirana crap that melts solders and what not go for it get one!!
Re: cheap solenoid
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 10:37 pm
by Jaffa
mgundle wrote:id personally recomend one of these for dual battery setup very simply no crappy circuitry like pirana crap that melts solders and what not go for it get one!!
What do you mean about melting solder mgundle?
Re: cheap isolator on ebay
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 4:19 pm
by murcod
I've seen similar things in Supercheap.
It doesn't look like the most well made or reliable way to do dual batteries though...
Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 5:14 pm
by murcod
Yep, I was right.
Go to the battery section in Supercheap and find where they have all the heavy duty replacement battery terminals and leads. You'll most likely find exactly the same looking solenoid, but continuously rated for 200 Amps and only $27.
melting solder
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 7:27 pm
by mgundle
with pirana dual battery systems in side they run four crappy mini relays on a circuit board,with heavy duty cabling goin to and from it over time it causes the mini relays to shit very unreliable
Re: cheap isolator on ebay
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 5:55 pm
by bilby
murcod wrote:
I've seen similar things in Supercheap.
It doesn't look like the most well made or reliable way to do dual batteries though...
looks similar to the one in my car
it only stopps the aux batt from draining the starting batt. when ur running accesories of ya aux. batt when ya car aint running
Re: cheap isolator on ebay
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 5:55 pm
by bilby
murcod wrote:
I've seen similar things in Supercheap.
It doesn't look like the most well made or reliable way to do dual batteries though...
looks similar to the one in my car
it only stopps the aux batt from draining the starting batt. when ur running accesories of ya aux. batt when ya car aint running
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 10:29 pm
by wayne74
there a great solenoid for dual batt systems but wouldnt recomend super cheap get a decent one,hook it up so it is joined when the ignition is on but is dissconnected when cranked then reconnected ,ya could even fit a switch to it if ya main dies flick the swicth and ya have power from both to get ya out of trouble
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 11:07 am
by 2HILUX
I WOULDNT RECOMMAND THE SUPERCHEAP ONE AS IV USE ONE BEFOR (LASTED ONE WEEK) GET YOUR SELF A REDARK THEY LOOK THE SAME AND NEAR THE SAME PRICE NEARLY 2 YEARS OLD AND NO PROBLEMS TO DATE
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 7:43 pm
by tuff 45
XD falcons run them, they are the starter solinoid to the starter motor. I have set them up for duel bats before and they work well.
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 9:09 pm
by Tas_Dean
tuff 45 wrote:XD falcons run them, they are the starter solinoid to the starter motor. I have set them up for duel bats before and they work well.
The starter solenoid in a falcon Physically is the same, but is only rated for a short period of time, probably about one minute. If used as a dual battery solenoid they will burn the coil out very quickly.
Supercheap have both, constant duty and starter solenoids. They are both around $30, but I can buy a redarc (or similar brand) constant duty solenoid for about $34, so I wouldn't buy a supercheap one.
Cheers, Dean
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 5:09 pm
by fool_injected
brought one from ebay
installed 6mth ago
no probs