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Battery Issue? AGM Lifetime?
I would agree that you are correct that connecting just to the cranking battery will then charge the aux as well. I do not think it works the other way around and hence the reason for my switching box - to charge just the aux battery. I am thinking that next time around for new batteries, I... -
Battery Issue? AGM Lifetime?
I did much the same but only installed connectors (Delphi Weather Pack https://theelectricaldepot.com/weather-pack-delphi-connectors?zenid=afaad1bd8a5f7d715509337017d83253 ) and a switching box to toggle between the cranking and aux battery of my Traxide system. The jpg's below show the... -
Battery Issue? AGM Lifetime?
"Never designed for AGM" - that is an interesting thought. It is one I never thought about but yes, per the jpg, my 2005 factory battery was one of those low maintenance lead acid batteries with the sort of removable flush caps, but not the older style screw caps. I always wondered why the LR4... -
Battery Issue? AGM Lifetime?
The ECO warning light is something to do with that START/STOP system. Per the link in post #7, there is a good discussion re the START/STOP system. Yes, you probably need a new cranking battery as well. The computers are designed to shut down or cycle the high amp draw devices when the... -
Battery Issue? AGM Lifetime?
I do not know about the LR4 but the 3 is designed not to fully charge any battery - something about emissions. As such at least twice a year, I connect my CTEK US3300 to each of my two batteries for a week of nights to get the State of Charge up from the LR design number of 80% to close to... -
Battery Issue? AGM Lifetime?
Yes, probably your battery, and the good news is not everything breaks down at once, not even in a Land Rover. My view is that the more red lights etc one gets at the same time, that suggests the problem is minor but near impossible to figure out just what it is. I am speaking of my LR3 when I... -
Tail light (aftermarket)
The story is basically correct - was an early LR3 back in 2005 before LR Service understood that a bad tail lamp bulb / non spec tail lamp bulb would cause the computers to indicate a transmission concern. The transmission tie in to the tail lights / brake light switch circuitry is a result of... -
Rear suspension bottoms out on dips
I appreciate the pdf. The "bushings" are hollow pieces of rubber filled with silicone. I guess over the years, the rubber splits and the silicone leaks out. I have probably had those rear bushings replaced on my 3 about 4 times now over the past 15 years. I regard it as a maintenance thing... -
Parasitic Draw
I note the comment about the scanner calling up some starter fault. The trouble with all these scanners is I find they generally send you off in the wrong direction. I know that is not nice to say but what you can learn from these scanners is that if you are patient and can get them to tell... -
Parasitic Draw
Relay R1 per the jpg below on my LR3 seems to power the auxiliary power sockets as opposed to the cigarette light sockets - all look the same of course. The jpg shows the relay removed and a jumper installed. This is so that my aux sockets remain powered all the time. This means that if there... -
2014-2016 Traxide Dual Battery Kit Lessons Learned
The ECO light might just go off in a couple of weeks. It seems that open when I disconnect the cranking battery to replace it or whatever, I lose the ETA function on my NAV for a couple of weeks or so. Then for no reason or with no warning, I will look at the NAV display and see the time of... -
2014-2016 Traxide Dual Battery Kit Lessons Learned
For the most part, electric wires do not care how long they are. As long as the primary conductor between the cranking battery and the starter motor is about what the factory installed, the rest of the conductors may as well be as long as required to make the mod look factory. I would not be... -
All the battery posts got me scared ....
You might want to review the so far five page thread link below on exactly the question you are asking - Start / Stop. It is a real mystery. I believe that ultimately the thread will lead to an answer to the question... -
2014-2016 Traxide Dual Battery Kit Lessons Learned
This is a real trail and error sort of thing. This reminds me of when I removed the factory dealer installed 2004 analogue Bluetooth and installed the 2008 fibre optic Bluetooth. Upon power up, yes, the Bluetooth phone worked but the radio audio remained silent - display showed all good but no... -
2014-2016 Traxide Dual Battery Kit Lessons Learned
I recall years back where one could disable the seat belt buzzer and or light by I thinking inserting the buckle and removing it a number of times and that disabled the noisemakers. It must have been GM but I do not recall for certain - maybe Ford. It makes sense that the stop start would be... -
2014-2016 Traxide Dual Battery Kit Lessons Learned
I was reading the LIN Buss website - very informative but for some reason I did a Google re "How to disable the start stop on a Land Rover". Per the link below, the guy purchased one of those 4 pin trailer light tester plugs and plugged it into the 4 pin trailer light receptacle at the rear -... -
2014-2016 Traxide Dual Battery Kit Lessons Learned
Load shedding - I noted your comment re the heated windscreen and steering wheel heat not working. I wonder if also the heated seats and rear glass heat is also off. The radio amplifier may be on low power as well. It comforts me that we do not yet have electric steering. Apparently for... -
2014-2016 Traxide Dual Battery Kit Lessons Learned
The Aussie's are serious about 4x4s, that is for certain. They take the kids for the weekend to see Grandma and Grandpa a couple of hundred miles back of beyond; it then rains five hundred miles away and they have to swim their 4x4s just to get back. What were dry low spots become rivers in a... -
2014-2016 Traxide Dual Battery Kit Lessons Learned
The 4 sure appears to be a lot more complicated than the 3; there just seems to be more stuff in the engine compartment. I do not envy you. I imagine drivesafe is keeping an eye on your progress as it seems Australia does not have Stop / Start. I always regarded the Aussies as generally... -
2014-2016 Traxide Dual Battery Kit Lessons Learned
I wonder if that is how General Motors does it Stop / Start? It is not really a new idea and I have to my annoyance, run into it on rental GM cars - have not noticed it on newer Ford pickups but maybe Stop / Start is now "yesterday". I hope LR gets a good deal on zero gauge copper - twice... -
Intermittent loss of power to instrument panel
I hope my connector idea works as all others are horrible. That instrument cluster is the backup brains of the 3 so problems with the cluster are not usually problems simple to diagnose - fix maybe, but figure out, tough. Yes, please keep us informed as what works and does not work is valuable... -
2014-2016 Traxide Dual Battery Kit Lessons Learned
I noticed the three large studs, two of them being tagged as Bat 1 and Bat 2. I assume that they connect to nothing right now but it suggests LR did think of an aux battery. I wondered what those three studs were to do? Thankfully, my 3 does not have Start / Stop - had not yet been regarded... -
Intermittent loss of power to instrument panel
This is an easier fix and is likely the problem. The odds are that the signal connector plug feeding into the rear of the instrument cluster needs to be reset. Normally the problem manifests itself as the fuel or temp gauges not indicating or worse, the engine will not start. The cluster... -
2014-2016 Traxide Dual Battery Kit Lessons Learned
My stickers were somewhat long winded but service types seem to understand, or at least question why they are there - dah! The starting battery sticker says #1 Main Cranking Battery Under this Cover The auxiliary battery sticker says #2 Auxiliary Battery Under this Cover I also put two... -
2014-2016 Traxide Dual Battery Kit Lessons Learned
I put my stickers on when the word Amazon was somewhere in the Jungle. I used one of those Brother P-touch label machines to make my stickers. The link below is to a thread on the Australian Land Rover site where the owner of Traxide often is posting. He goes under the name of drivesafe...
