Which NOCO trickle charger....
- Thread starter Jonesy68
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Was minded not to mount the charger unit itself within the engine bay, leave this in the garage and just install tails from the battery to a quick connect point mounted somewhere in the bumper or in a location behind it that’s easily accessible.
Yeh, same as what I do.
Victron quick disconnect on the battery.
Use chassis point as the NEG (not battery NEG)
Then plug in charger when needed......I leave mine in engine bay when charging.
But also have a 3m extension lead for the DC side, but noticed your get volt drop over the cable, at need to tweak the charge profile to bump up the voltage a bit
. Then use the BT app to keep an eye on things, and restart the change of needed.
@Dellmassive do I need the fused vitron quick connect cable, Instead of the one supplied in the picture? Did you mean I need to connect the negative terminal (black cable) to the chassis point instead of the battery terminal? Apologies I’ve no experience at all with vehicle electrics
@Dellmassive do I need the fused vitron quick connect cable, Instead of the one supplied in the picture? Did you mean I need to connect the negative terminal (black cable) to the chassis point instead of the battery terminal? Apologies I’ve no experience at all with vehicle electrics
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do I need the fused vitron quick connect cable, Instead of the one supplied in the picture? - you can use that one direct to the battery POS, and add your own fuse if you wish, . . but the idea is that the cable is so short you cant get yourself in trouble, ie you cany hang the cable outside the van.
Did you mean I need to connect the negative terminal (black cable) to the chassis point instead of the battery terminal - Yes, you can use the light bolt if needs be.
Battery Charging - Main Battery Earth Point -
so weve all be told NOT to bridge out the battery monitor on the neg side of the battery when charging it.
This is so the ECM can correctly gauge the SOC (state of charge) of the starter battery by monitoring the current flow in and out of the battery . . . . even when the van is sleeping.
OK fine, no problem there . . . . . so my question to all is where are you picking up your chassis ground point? . . . . and one thats good enough to allow the 15amps charge that my charger is putting out?
currently all i found...
so weve all be told NOT to bridge out the battery monitor on the neg side of the battery when charging it.
This is so the ECM can correctly gauge the SOC (state of charge) of the starter battery by monitoring the current flow in and out of the battery . . . . even when the van is sleeping.
OK fine, no problem there . . . . . so my question to all is where are you picking up your chassis ground point? . . . . and one thats good enough to allow the 15amps charge that my charger is putting out?
currently all i found...
