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garystockton · Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 14:24 Post subject:

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 ... Embarassed

I guess you'll want just the monitor ...
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Crispin · Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 14:34 Post subject:

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?
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wildsmith · Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 14:53 Post subject:

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 Laughing

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Landcrusher · Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 15:12 Post subject:

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
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garystockton · Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 19:11 Post subject:

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. Laughing

Dunno why, considering I drilled a sodding big hole in the wing for the snorkel Shocked

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 ... Razz

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Landcrusher · Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 20:00 Post subject:

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
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Crispin · Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 13:14 Post subject:

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.
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ekendraed · * Joined: 28 Jan 2011 Posts: 22 Location: Sri Lanka

Hi Jon,

Do you have any pictures of where you have mounted your antenna?

73 de Ekendra (4S7EF)
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