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Cheshire110 Member Since: 26 Jul 2013 Location: London Posts: 2787 ![]() ![]() |
Anyone on here have success running a cable from the battery (under front seat) to under the boot floor? Can't believe how tricky it's turning out! Cheers, David
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Cheshire110 Member Since: 26 Jul 2013 Location: London Posts: 2787 ![]() ![]() |
In case it's helpful, here's what I came up with over the last 24 hours...
I've not fitted a dual battery system strictly, but I have fitted a Renogy 1000W inverter off a ignition-switched relay under the boot floor, so that I can then charge my EcoFlow 0.5kWh battery pack and run fridges, laptops, etc. I ran a cable from the battery (under driver seat) to the rear, underneath the foam boot floor insert, and there I connected it to a mega-fuse block with 80A fuse and a switched relay. You can get an ignition feed to switch the relay from the blue and green wire which goes into the connector for the deployable rear tow bar. ![]() Click image to enlarge My inverter then sits inside the foam with wired routed through a small access window that I cut myself for ease. ![]() Click image to enlarge ![]() Click image to enlarge For now I've just got the inverter sat in there loose, with an extension cable and the CAT-5 cable to the remote panel wiggling their way up above the boot floor ![]() Click image to enlarge ![]() Click image to enlarge ![]() Click image to enlarge In the future I might build myself a more custom under-boot panel and storage area out of ply, but that's one for another day. I also need to find a neater permanent way to route the battery cable - it's much harder than you'd think to get a cable under the rubber flooring so for now it's just underneath the rubber mats... Suggestions welcome! ![]() Click image to enlarge Cheers, David Land Rovers of all shapes S3 onwards… Daily is a 110 V8. |
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Defendit.. Member Since: 09 Aug 2020 Location: 's-Hertogenbosch Posts: 449 ![]() ![]() |
@cheshire110
Routing under the rubber flooring, very tight. You may need to remove the rear seating frame. 2nd picture on this: https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic87513.html No Mud flaps for my 90.! ----------------------------------------- P300S MY21 Keswick Green on air, adv.+ offroad pack, DRL+fog, Dinamica Suedecloth + Ebony headliner/Cross Beam- Many Mods.. |
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