Stillmotion

I am going to be getting this install started now that it is a bit colder here and wanted to check on a couple last things.

Im assuming I'll need 4 terminals but I was wondering what lengths of power/ground and how many power/ground rings I would need.

Thanks

Also does the cole come with a switch?

pkess3

You'll need two red 2AWG wire (four if you fuse them properly with 150A fuses) to connect the two positive terminals of each battery to each end of the Smart Isolator. You need anywhere from 3-6 inches but keep in mind the shorter they are the less they bend. In the kit I received from Benchmark he also included 2AWG black wire to connect the main battery to the auxillary battery and from the auxillary battery to ground. This wire was about a foot and a half in length and the one connecting the aux to ground was only a few inches long.

And the Isolator comes with three 18AWG wires that extend out of the "black box" portion of it. The black on is a ground, the violet one is for a boost switch that you can use to temporarily connect the two batteries manually, and the white one is for an in-dash led status indicator.

I hope this helps!

hiddenprey

The alt puts out 160A, the 85A one is to small to take that load for a long time. think of it as water leaking out of a pin hole in a dam. the longer it goes the bigger the hole gets untill there is no dam.


as for working as it should it does not isolate untill the MAIN BATTERY is drained down less then 12.7 V for 1 min or more

Vin

My kit came with the 200 amp model.

Stillmotion

Did you go this route? Wondering what people thought about this system.

2xplore

Nice setup.