I plan on making a nicer mounting plate for it, this one was just the rough draft. after the nats I am replacing the whole face piece for my overhead, and re-arranging it all, etc...
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Looks nice Stro! Did you just do all that so you could manually turn the solenoid on & off? Any reason for doing it like that other than not wanting to have the key on? Also, do you have a fuse between the power source & your toggle switch? Thanks,Brad
Last edited by Lordmodelbuilder; June 13th 2011 3:56 pm.
I didn't want it on the ignition because when I hit the starter, the batteries would equalize.. not good if the 2 in the back are flat.... I wanted a little more than just a toggle to close the circuit.. so I added the little alarm to remind me to turn it off when the engine isn't running, yet I can still use it to jump the front battery if need be.
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of course, I get the thing all installed, and my voltage meter decides to act up.. it just keeps scrolling LO over and over... like it is stuck in it's test loop. can't get it to display voltage anymore.
bought a different one that will work better with my setup to replace it
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I assume you are talking about a dash mounted voltmeter?
Did you put a regular multimeter on the aux battery terminals with the engine running.
I am actually helping a friend to install an aux battery on his '98 Astro. We welded up a battery tray big enough for a group 31 sears Die hard Platinum, and are going to weld that to the transmission support cross member.
I am trying to talk him into a manually switched solenoid, but he likes to argue just for arguements sake.
yes, it was just a simple LED voltage display. it fried somehow. no matter what I connect it to, it just runs through it's diagnostic screen over and over.
I ordered a new one, slightly nicer looking as well. hopefully it will be here this week and I can get it installed.
on a side note, if anyone wanted one of these and wasn't comfortable with the schematic, I could make it in a little box that you could mount wherever you wanted. could make it with either a pig tail, or screw terminals for where you connect power, ground, etc. you could use this for anything, not just a solenoid.
cost would be some of the parts and shipping and a little for my time
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I am thinking I may add another indicator light off of point 6 on the toggle... as a reminder to turn the system on when the engine is running. putting there puts it on ignition power, and the circuit for the light is broken when I close the circuit for the solenoid. now I need an amber LED, lol
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get a plactic battery box to hold the #2 batt and a deep cycle as the #2 it discharges a lot slower then a cranking batt duse
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