Man, that wire loom job you did is CLEAN! Well thought out!

@AussieDrifterTouring

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate. Glad you like it 👍

Those wiring looms look neat! Wish I had of seen these before I wired my own in.

Thanks for this great video

@AussieDrifterTouring

9 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful mate

Hi kurt, I just finishing installing the same kit in my 2021 rugged x, could have have been any easier. Hardest part was getting the 2nd battery under the bonnet onto the tray. Great video, keep up the great tutorials

@AussieDrifterTouring

3 жыл бұрын

Good to hear mate. Glad it all went well 👍

Hey mate, just installed my kit for Hilux 2017 model (took me 20-30 min) It was really easy to do and your youtube instruction video was helpfull. Thanks!!

@AussieDrifterTouring

2 жыл бұрын

Great to hear mate, glad you like the kit and glad it was easy to follow. Cheers for letting us know 👍

Hilux SR 2021. Dont use a lead acid battery with the caps, doesnt fit under piranha bracket. Get one with no caps. Also, when you feed the main cable through from grill to engine bay, go from bottom not top like video. Theres a cutout space in the plastic to fit. Hope this helps.

Hey bro videos are awesome man just waiting on hilux to come in so thes are gona make life easy, bout to order the kit off your site. Do you have a video on installing the accessory harness kit? Cheers bro

@AussieDrifterTouring

2 жыл бұрын

Hey mate. We don’t sorry just because there is so many different options with a Hilux such as tub, tub with canopy, tray, tray with canopy ect so there is no one way to install sorry but we have plenty of install videos on other cars that you can use as a guide. The Hilux Acc harness is designed to run under the car along chassis rail and come up between cab and tray to mount sockets. Hope that helps mate.

Great install video, that harness. 🙌 Question: Redarc recommends inline fuses over circuit breakers in this case, do you know why that is? I'd prefer the ability to disconnect if I had to.

@aussiedrifter2

Жыл бұрын

Glad you like the video mate. The midi fuses are far more reliable as they have no moving parts like a manual reset circuit breaker. They are also bolt in connection which makes a good electrical connection. That’s why Redarc say and we agree that midi fuses are the best and most reliable connection.

Hey Kurt, just purchased one of these off your website after watching the video. Keep up the great work. As a matter of curiosity I’m placing a control panel in the tub to run a fridge and some lights, what size wires would you suggest I run from the 2nd battery to the panel? Have never attempted any of .this so I’m a newbie!!

@AussieDrifterTouring

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Angel, If you are just running a fridge and some led lights then 6mm twin would do the job mate but if your running to a controller panel with extra sockets and you think you might add to it later it might be worth running bigger cable to future proof it. I would normally run 6B&S cable to an electrical panel that has 12v sockets and Anderson plugs ect. Hope that helps mate. Cheers Kurt

@angelr671967

3 жыл бұрын

@@AussieDrifterTouring Awesome, thanks Kurt

Great video mate. With the yellow cable is I just single yellow into the Anderson plug?

@AussieDrifterTouring

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Damien. The Anderson for solar has the yellow wire from the Redarc in the positive terminal and the 2nd wire in the Anderson is a black earth wire.

Hi Kevin, great vid! I'm Tony and I have the 2017 hilux. I have a few questions. (1) So this 'isolator' takes electricity from the alternator via the main battery terminals and chargers/maintains the auxiliary battery? (2) And using this unit stops the batteries from potentially drawing on each other in parallel? (3) I have two D31T optima yellow top AGM batteries (CCA 975 / AH 75) that I haven't installed yet so I'll need to know what kit to buy. (4) I have a Warn winch that I'd like to run using the auxiliary battery only. If I install this kit and buy a fridge, which battery would you recommend I run the fridge from? (5)...and lastly, is it possible to run the winch from both batteries using your setup? Thanks in advance. Tony

@AussieDrifterTouring

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Tony, Yer thats correct the bcdc is a 3 in one unit. It's an isolator to stop the aux battery from being able to flatten the cars start battery, its a dcdc charger that chargers the aux battery while driving by effectively taking power from the alternator and sending it to the aux battery and it is also a solar controller. For your set up the 25amp charger would be the best option mate. As for the winch normally we would set that up on the main crank battery and advise that it is used with the engine running and allow the alternator to keep power up to it. if you want to use both batteries you would need an override solenoid usually controlled from a switch in the dash. That would be a system seperate to this as the bcdc chargers do not allow for a high current link circuit. As for the fridge that would be wired to the aux battery. Hope that has answered all your questions mate. Cheers Kurt

Have you spliced the negatives together, noting there is one earth from the redarc, but you have an earth running to the aux battery, main battery and anderson plug

@AussieDrifterTouring

3 жыл бұрын

Yer mate earths are all linked to the body within our harness.

Hi Kurt, maybe a dumb question, but why do you need to keep the wiring away from the air con line? Does it get hot?

@AussieDrifterTouring

2 жыл бұрын

Hi jack, just to protect the aircon line more than anything. They aren’t that strong. I’ve seen people cable tie to them which I wouldn’t recomend. Hope that makes sense

@jackavalon8366

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Now I need to see what I’ve cable-tied to the troopy’s air con lines!

Is there a kit to add the aux battery somewhere other than in the engine bay?

@AussieDrifterTouring

Жыл бұрын

www.aussiedriftertouring.com.au/shop/hilux-n80-tubkit

Hello.. I have been looking at this Redarc BCDC1225D for a while now and apparently it needs to be plugged in to a Ignition Wire does your harness eliminates that?

@AussieDrifterTouring

2 жыл бұрын

Het mate, it does need ignition connected on a car with a smart alternator but the hilux has a temperature compensating alternator so it not needed on this model vehicle.

@Asherah55

2 жыл бұрын

@@AussieDrifterTouring I have the 2021 Sr5 is this still the case? Cheers

@AussieDrifterTouring

2 жыл бұрын

@@Asherah55 yer mate they are still running temperature compensating alternators.

Hi mate I got 2022 hilux, do i need to wite the ignition wire or just dont have to worry about it?

@AussieDrifterTouring

Жыл бұрын

hi mate, no need to worry about it on the Hilux. It has a temperature compensating alternator and thats only required on Variable voltage alternators.

Could u please show how u would install the ignition wire

@AussieDrifterTouring

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Kevin. The Toyota Hilux has what’s called a temperature compensating alternator and not a variable voltage alternator so you don’t need to wire up the blue wire in this vehicle. In our kits for the Ford ranger or Isuzu DMax we have the ignition wire as part of the kit but this one doesn’t need it mate. Cheers kurt

@kevinryan7649

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers bud, do you have a video showing these vehicles install

@AussieDrifterTouring

3 жыл бұрын

@@kevinryan7649 sorry mate not quite sure what you mean there? What do you want a video on?

@kevinryan7649

3 жыл бұрын

Just wanted to see the ignition wire connected in install

@AussieDrifterTouring

3 жыл бұрын

@@kevinryan7649 Do mean on the ford ranger or a car with a variable voltage alternator? if so here is a link to our ford ranger instriution's. That should explain how to do it end of page 3 shows the ignition wire being connected to the inside fuse box on a ranger static1.squarespace.com/static/52565d59e4b08c7e98decbb8/t/5ee6f7f8b8c5f8299269e561/1592195177304/FordRanger%7CBT50+Kit.pdf

Hi Kurt, can you please drop a link of the kit? Cheers

@AussieDrifterTouring

Жыл бұрын

www.aussiedriftertouring.com.au/shop/toyota-hilux2015on-kit

Do you have a part number for this kit to suit 2021 Hilux.

@AussieDrifterTouring

3 жыл бұрын

This is the kit mate www.aussiedriftertouring.com.au/shop/hilux2015on-fullkit

@sidquintal7154

3 жыл бұрын

@@AussieDrifterTouring great thanks

Does the hilux need an ignition wire connected?

@AussieDrifterTouring

Жыл бұрын

Hi Zak, no it's not needed on the Hilux as it has a temperature-compensating alternator. The blue ignition wire is only required on variable voltage (smart) alternators. cheers Kurt

What’s the battery size

@AussieDrifterTouring

Жыл бұрын

100ah That is the Delkor HDC27

this seems like a terrible place to install its gonna be dead from exposure to the weather no matter how weatherproof it is..., also there is no need for a dc-dc charger so close to the alternator and battery?!?!?