Isolators TRAXIDE RV Traxide. This is the NEXT GENERATION SC8. Dual Battery Isolator with new additional features. SC8. 0 is1. 60. 0. Click here to download the SC8. Installation Operating Manual. The ORIGINAL SC8. Dual Battery Isolators is one of the most versatile and unique dual battery isolators on the market today and the NEW SC8. SC8. 0 CB, now has even more advanced features. The new SC8. 0 now has TIME OUT, REVERSE CHARGING and a BATTERY CAPACITY INDICATORThe NEW SC8. SC8. 0 in a dual battery set up is the speed with which used battery capacity is replaced. Because of the way the SC8. SC8. 0 up set will only be discharged to half the depth you would have to discharge a single auxiliary battery type setup, as used in ordinary dual battery systems including DC to DC type Dual Battery Systems. SC8. 0 SHARED Mode Cut In Turn ON at 1. Cut Out Turn OFF at 1. By Cutting Out at 1. SC8. 0 is used in countries all over the world, including many up in the Arctic Circle, this unique operation has been well and truly proven as being reliable in all types of situations. NOTE, the CCA rating of a battery is maitained in a battery until it is discharged below 4. C. So the SC8. 0 will always leave your Cranking Battery in a safe state of charge. The SC8. Also because of the unique way the SC8. SC8. 0 isolator can be located anywhere in the system, including in a caravan or camper trailer and will still operate as designed to. This ability to be located away from the cranking battery can be a major advantage with newer vehicles where space in the engine bay is not available to mount an isolator or where access to the cranking battery may be difficult, such as in a number of European vehicles, where the battery is mounted in under seats in the cabin or in the rear of the vehicle. The SC8. 0 isolator makes this kind of installation much easier. Battery discharge comparisons in Chart 1. This chart shows the average likely recharge times for each type of set up. Now add to this the fact that the average alternator can easily recharge two batteries in around the same time it take to recharge one battery. So this means with an SC8. P1020425.jpg' alt='How To Install Dual Battery Isolators' title='How To Install Dual Battery Isolators' />Regardless of where you want to install your second battery, Australian Direct has a Dual Battery System for every application. This video on the right will teach you. Learn more about battery isolators and why you need one if your car audio system has 2 or more batteries. In this video we talk about the two types of. This page of the Basic Car Audio site covers several types of battery isolators and switches. This makes a dual battery set up using an SC8. Another major advantage that comes with installing an SC8. There will be at least a 5. Battery capacity comparisons in Chart 2. This chart also includes the comparable cost of the different set ups to achieve the same amount of usable battery capacity. While the SC8. 0 has now been in production for more than 2. SC8. 0 dual battery set up offers. Here are some of the other advantages that only an SC8. Quicker Recharging of Batteries, which means shorter driving times needed to replace used battery capacity. This means your batteries are far more likely to be in a fully charged state at the end of a days drive than can be achieved with any other dual battery set up including DCDC type set ups. Shared Current Loads. By spreading the load over two batteries, neither battery is discharged as low as a battery in an ordinary dual battery system including DCDC set ups. So your batteries are much more likely to have a longer life span. Again because of an effect known as Peukerts Exponent, where the higher the load put on a lead acid battery, the actual usable capacity reduces. So with the way the SC8. When the crew at Genesis Offroad in Olive Branch, Mississippi, wanted to install a dualbattery system in their project JK, they did what any of us would and searched. Lo and behold, I found a location for two small batteries up above the rear drive shaft, below the passenger seats. The battery tray is made of 1x1x18 steel angle. Dual Battery Systems and Alternator charging, VSR battery isolators, what you need, and how to do it right the first timeIn a nut shell, fitting an SC80 isolator is a WIN WIN situation. A WIN for your auxiliary battery and unlike any other dual battery system, the SC80 is also a WIN for. Of course you can order super duper fancy dual battery isolators with a brain and panel readout which shows how much power remains in each battery, how much theyre. Dual battery system. Intro. Information for people about to or have installed a dual battery in their 4WD. Highlighting problems I have incounted along the way and. DCDC type set ups can provide. Auxiliary battery Reverse Discharging into the Cranking Battery. This is a particularly useful advantage, especially now days with CalciumCalcium cranking batteries. One of the most common problems suffered by cranking batteries is under charging and this is usually caused by what we call the Shopping Trolley Syndrome, where vehicles are continuously driven for short periods of time, each time the motor is started. Because of the unique way the SC8. SC8. 0, this means when the motor is stopped, if the cranking battery is low, the SC8. The next time you start your motor, you will be charging two batteries at the same time and as such, you are able to replace twice as much used battery capacity in the short drive time, so over just a few day after fitting an SC8. While this wasnt a design factor when we developed the SC8. For example, many new Land Rovers, with their lower operating voltage, often get Low Battery Voltage messages being displayed when the owners go to start the motor. While the motor will start without problem, but once an SC8. Toyotas also have lower operating voltages and again, an SC8. TIME OUT. This is a new feature for the SC8. The Time Out feature is designed to avoid wasting energy if a vehicle is not used for some time. The Time Out counter starts when ever the voltage at the input of the SC8. If the voltage remains below 1. SC8. 0 Times Out and shuts down. Any time the voltage at the SC8. TIME OUT counter is reset and suspended and the SC8. Irish Driving Licence Templates there. REVERSE CHARGING, for SOLAR and BATTERY CHARGER Connections. Again, this is another new feature for the SC8. If the SC8. 0 is still ON and you connect solar panels via a solar regulator or a battery charger to either battery in an SC8. If the SC8. 0 has turned off, either via the TIME OUT feature, or because the voltage dropped below 1. AUXILIARY battery, the SC8. AUXILIARY Battery to a near fully charged state and then the SC8. ON and charge the CRANKING Battery. If you have an Anderson plug mounted at the back of your vehicle, you can make your solar or battery charger connection through the Anderson plug and again, all batteries in an SC8. BATTERY CAPACITY INDICATOR. The SC8. 0 now has a basic PULSE COUNT Battery Capacity Indicator to allow you to keep an eye on the state of charge of your batteries while you are camping. The LED on the front of the isolator gives up to 5 RED Pulses to indicate the amount of energy left in your batteries. The chart below shows how it works. In a nut shell, fitting an SC8. WIN WIN situation. A WIN for your auxiliary battery and unlike any other dual battery system, the SC8. WIN for your cranking battery as well. Fitting an SC8. 0 as your battery isolator means you will actually save money long term and this pays you back the cost of fitting an SC8. No other type of DBS gives you this financial benefit. All our isolators are supplied with a 5 year Parts and Labour warranty and a Lifetime Repair Guarantee.