Auxiliary Battery Removed from New Vehicle Specifications

[Skydance]

Personally the way forward and easiest way is a BLUETTI charger 1 with a BLUETTI power station to power all my tools and camping needs. It’s completely separate from the car battery. No need for inverters and DC to DC charger. Charges power station upto 560 watts of power on the go and solar power input is also possible. Very little wiring and power station is portable.

 

[Zimm]

Might be worth getting them tested by your dealer.

Mine were absolutely fine and then it sat at a bodyshop for 3 months without a trickle charge and now they’re knackered. Can’t get them above 90% and they won’t stay there. New batteries incoming, just an argument about whether bodyshop pays for it (via insurance) or a claim to Ineos under warranty - which isn’t really fair in my mind.

£350 each apparently.

Yea, I wavered and didn't take immediate delivery so I'm sure it sat for months. I guess with modern cars always drawing some sort of power, it's an issue to consider that didn't exist decades ago. One of the nice features of my 110nas was the easy battery disconnect switch. Park it, flick the switch, come back months later and vrooom. You just had to reset the radio stations and clock. That's a big no no with these new fangled cars.

 

[Zimm]

Personally the way forward and easiest way is a BLUETTI charger 1 with a BLUETTI power station to power all my tools and camping needs. It’s completely separate from the car battery. No need for inverters and DC to DC charger. Charges power station up to 560 watts of power on the go and solar power input is also possible. Very little wiring and power station is portable.

And you jump the car in the Empty Quarter with that, how? The point of the extra battery in a car is EM, not standby. You'd be more secure using single large battery for all loads and carrying a quality jump start pack, which in my LC100 era, is all I did.

 

[Skydance]

And you jump the car in the Empty Quarter with that, how? The point of the extra battery in a car is EM, not standby. You'd be more secure using single large battery for all loads and carrying a quality jump start pack, which in my LC100 era, is all I did.

Sorry, something must of got lost in conversation. I don’t jump anything. I use the power station to power my camping stuff. I don’t have any issues with my car battery but carry a portable topdon battery pack to jump start the car just in case.

 

[Mudnut]

The second battery was an option I chose not to include. I chose my options to add to a base model QM. I have most of the Trialmaster equipment, without the door tracks (no track on the tub, so could not see the point) No second battery, no compass, and no upgraded alarm. For the $1200 AU second battery option, I could get a good LifePo4 set up. It turned out even cheaper as I have a 120Ah LifePo4 from my caravan that I have installed in my QM. Just need to organize a DC - DC charger, buss bar, and wiring to set it up.