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garystockton Lifetime member
Joined: 17 Apr 2005 Posts: 1190 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 14:24 Post subject: |
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Jon,
APB bring in the National Luna one from SA which is very similar to the IBS one. Costs about £70 for the monitor only, IIRC.
APB NatLuna
Thought it was more than that actually. Hmmm....
Edit - here's a slightly different version (no cables I think) for < £50
NatLuna monitor
OK - read the manual ... the first is the CONTROLLER the second is just the MONITOR ... I guess you'll want just the monitor ... _________________ I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.
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Crispin *****
Joined: 09 Jun 2009 Posts: 685 Location: Welham Green, Hertfordshire, England
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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 14:34 Post subject: |
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If there is a considerable saving, a friend of mine is coming over on Friday. He could bring one with if it was worth it? _________________ Cheers,
Crispin
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wildsmith Lifetime member
Joined: 20 Oct 2006 Posts: 1580 Location: Stourbridge, West Mids, UK
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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 14:53 Post subject: |
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The cheaper one doesn't have the option to link the batteries on demand and it's not clear from the blurb that the first one is actually the controller and not just the display unit. They might be a cheap option, but LC's IBS has more lights and the buttons are bigger by the looks of it _________________ Jon m0zxj
01 UZJ100 lifted (AHC & 40mm BL), ARB locked f&r, cryo'd 4.88's, TJM front bumper, 12k goldfish, sliders, rack, snorkel, 35's, storage, aux power etc.
93 HDJ80 sold
94 HDJ80 RIP |
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Landcrusher Lifetime member
Joined: 21 Oct 2005 Posts: 2689 Location: Chesterfield, East Midlands
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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 15:12 Post subject: |
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I actually think that looks like an expensive voltmeter rather than a cheap management system. I like the IBS system. I haven't found anything on it that I either dislike or think is missing.
Chris _________________ HDJ 80 but still a 90 owner at heart (yeah right!) |
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garystockton Lifetime member
Joined: 17 Apr 2005 Posts: 1190 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
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Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 19:11 Post subject: |
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Clearly this has been a weekend for finishing stuff off. Finally got round to completing the wiring through to the rear - it's been a semi-permanent Heath-Robinson affair to now, so this has finished it off quite neatly, and permanently.
I pulled the left rear inner panel out so I could get a good lookbehind it - I've been procrastinating over where to bring out the cables, and how to sort it all out. I bought a couple of 165 amp Anderson plugs to bridge from the vehicle to the batery, and have been putting off drilling holes. Dunno why, considering I drilled a sodding big hole in the wing for the snorkel
So here we are:
Then I finally completed the cable from the battery to the solenoid, via the mega-fuse, wrapped it in a split conduit and shrink-wrapped the ends - looks almost like a bought one!
Found a nice high spot on the firewall to mount the solenoid:
So that's that done - power flows when the batteries are charging and alternator is kicking out 13 volts or so (or something like that - I dunno - but it works, and isolates when the engine is off ...). Hardest part was getting the damn grommets in place ...
Cheers _________________ I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.
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Landcrusher Lifetime member
Joined: 21 Oct 2005 Posts: 2689 Location: Chesterfield, East Midlands
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Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 20:00 Post subject: |
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Bought one? Almost, Gary almost.
Looks really neat mate. Well done. Proper tidy. Glad you got your new spacers and bolts in. I was not too happy about that.
You're right about a weekend for finishing off. It's almost finished ME off.
C _________________ HDJ 80 but still a 90 owner at heart (yeah right!) |
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Crispin *****
Joined: 09 Jun 2009 Posts: 685 Location: Welham Green, Hertfordshire, England
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Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 13:14 Post subject: |
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Gary,
Did you ever take the rear panel off at all or just pulled it away?
I need it off but it feels like there are some hidden screws I'm going to break if I pull to much. _________________ Cheers,
Crispin
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RADIOTWO ******
Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Posts: 816 Location: GLOSSOP
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 20:48 Post subject: Re: Auxilliary Battery in a 120 series |
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garystockton wrote: |
Completed the installation of the cabling and solenoid and auto-voltage sensor today. Once I decided on the cable routing it worked out quite well.
Primary battery and solenoid (not really visible - behind the diesel fuel filter) on side wall:
Grommet on right to shove wires through - they come out behind the glove-box (note - not the cubby-hole anymore ... )
This is where it all comes through:
Mr T kindly left some room in the channels under the door sills for me:
Be careful not to break these stupid flimsy clips - a bit of sideways movement is all it takes
Then ran the cables thought the same channels in the back door, then up under the carpet under the rear seat to exit through the hole in the carpet next to the tie down ring. Batter connected, and all works as intended!
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Hi Gary
Nice and neat job, but can I suggest (too late for you) but for any one else that is going to run a cable from front to back, make sure its very thick cable, and a much easer route is to go down the chassis leg and cable tie it to the pipes etc, and if you want to go over board put it in flexible conduit(but not necessary).
I have done this on a few vehicle now, mainly to put a Anderson plug on for a winch and also for my charging system for the caravan.
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ekendraed *
Joined: 28 Jan 2011 Posts: 22 Location: Sri Lanka
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 16:06 Post subject: 2m Antenna Mount |
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Hi Jon,
Do you have any pictures of where you have mounted your antenna?
73 de Ekendra (4S7EF) _________________ 1997 Prado 1KZ-TE/KZJ95W |
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