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Re: I did it! I FINALLY did it!! Dual batteries
Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2024 8:31 pm
by aaronatstate
DCIV wrote: ↑Sat Dec 07, 2024 8:04 pm
The avalanche would go dead in 3 weeks if I didn’t start it. Well, just start it! Well yeah, if it were that easy for me to do then I would have done it. But it’s a couple times a year I would have to. Now this truck maybe better.
Here is what remains. I have two batteries and the second one is really never gonna be used so why not have an option for it to be used? It’s there. It might be simple. It might not. You all are my best option for figuring that out.
Coop
And you think, that not using a battery is going to keep it from going dead? Or that since the first once has gone dead from sitting, the second one won’t???
Re: I did it! I FINALLY did it!! Dual batteries
Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2024 9:11 pm
by DCIV
I recognize the problem is not using it. I think I even said “well just use it”. Also yes the second would go dead….at hopefully double the time. So maybe 6 weeks. Or maybe it doesn’t because it’s isolated and then you flip a switch and it connects the two for a jump start. At least that’s an option (override switch) on some of the aftermarket isolators. Maybe it’s a fuse for this one.
You can chill though bud.
Coop
Re: I did it! I FINALLY did it!! Dual batteries
Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2024 9:15 pm
by vr4
3 weeks... You had a problem. I get 3 months
Re: I did it! I FINALLY did it!! Dual batteries
Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2024 9:20 pm
by DCIV
vr4 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 07, 2024 9:15 pm
3 weeks... You had a problem. I get 3 months
Agreed. And it’s at the lake so minus a jump box it’s not fun to deal with. But I did buy a jump box.
Coop
Re: I did it! I FINALLY did it!! Dual batteries
Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2024 9:47 pm
by vr4
Orrrrr... Diagnose and repair the draw?
Re: I did it! I FINALLY did it!! Dual batteries
Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2024 10:17 pm
by aaronatstate
My point is you’re worrying about something that’s not even a problem on the truck you bought. And something a jump box fixes.
Re: I did it! I FINALLY did it!! Dual batteries
Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2024 10:41 pm
by DCIV
vr4 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 07, 2024 9:47 pm
Orrrrr... Diagnose and repair the draw?
I’m sure having crappy rusted grounds had something to do with it. And I am fixing it. Selling it.
Coop
Re: I did it! I FINALLY did it!! Dual batteries
Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2024 10:43 pm
by DCIV
aaronatstate wrote: ↑Sat Dec 07, 2024 10:17 pm
My point is you’re worrying about something that’s not even a problem on the truck you bought. And something a jump box fixes.
Naw. I got you. I’m just saying, why not have the ability? I honestly like the jump box tucked away in the Lexus. Not having to swap it all up.
Coop
Re: I did it! I FINALLY did it!! Dual batteries
Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2024 10:54 pm
by aaronatstate
DCIV wrote: ↑Sat Dec 07, 2024 10:43 pm
aaronatstate wrote: ↑Sat Dec 07, 2024 10:17 pm
My point is you’re worrying about something that’s not even a problem on the truck you bought. And something a jump box fixes.
Naw. I got you. I’m just saying, why not have the ability? I honestly like the jump box tucked away in the Lexus. Not having to swap it all up.
Coop
Because it’s not something that’s needed at all. Stop trying to Coop things. If your batteries don’t last for a few months without dying, fix the root cause of the problem, don’t band aid it with something else.
Re: I did it! I FINALLY did it!! Dual batteries
Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2024 12:21 am
by vr4
aaronatstate wrote: ↑Sat Dec 07, 2024 10:54 pm
DCIV wrote: ↑Sat Dec 07, 2024 10:43 pm
aaronatstate wrote: ↑Sat Dec 07, 2024 10:17 pm
My point is you’re worrying about something that’s not even a problem on the truck you bought. And something a jump box fixes.
Naw. I got you. I’m just saying, why not have the ability? I honestly like the jump box tucked away in the Lexus. Not having to swap it all up.
Coop
Because it’s not something that’s needed at all. Stop trying to Coop things. If your batteries don’t last for a few months without dying, fix the root cause of the problem, don’t band aid it with something else.
Re: I did it! I FINALLY did it!! Dual batteries
Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2024 12:32 am
by DCIV
You all never do things that are out of the ordinary? You all never think something might suit your needs different than what factory thought?
Coop
Re: I did it! I FINALLY did it!! Dual batteries
Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2024 12:58 am
by Chris GTO TT
I mean if your intent on doing it then your best bet would be to look up how class C motorhomes wire up their house battery to starter battery booster switch.
Re: I did it! I FINALLY did it!! Dual batteries
Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2024 3:40 am
by DCIV
Chris GTO TT wrote: ↑Sun Dec 08, 2024 12:58 am
I mean if your intent on doing it then your best bet would be to look up how class C motorhomes wire up their house battery to starter battery booster switch.
See….now we are talking. A battery booster switch!!!!
Coop
Re: I did it! I FINALLY did it!! Dual batteries
Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2024 5:11 pm
by aaronatstate
DCIV wrote: ↑Sun Dec 08, 2024 12:32 am
You all never do things that are out of the ordinary? You all never think something might suit your needs different than what factory thought?
Coop
Yes, but not something to band aid a problem that can be repaired.
Like putting bigger brakes with viper calipers on my Stealth that makes sense. Changing the wiring on my car because there is a parasitic draw that I don’t feel like fixing properly, does not.
Re: I did it! I FINALLY did it!! Dual batteries
Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2024 5:31 pm
by DCIV
One could argue bigger brakes on a 3/s. Unless tracked the factory brakes are pretty dang good. It’s only in a couple occasions that you would need that….like say…I only need it on a couple occasions when my battery goes dead.
Coop
Re: I did it! I FINALLY did it!! Dual batteries
Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2024 5:36 pm
by Jeff V.
He's not wrong.
Re: I did it! I FINALLY did it!! Dual batteries
Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2024 5:38 pm
by Chris GTO TT
Re: I did it! I FINALLY did it!! Dual batteries
Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2024 5:39 pm
by aaronatstate
DCIV wrote: ↑Sun Dec 08, 2024 5:31 pm
One could argue bigger brakes on a 3/s. Unless tracked the factory brakes are pretty dang good. It’s only in a couple occasions that you would need that….like say…I only need it on a couple occasions when my battery goes dead.
Coop
The factory brakes are fine for a factory car. Not one with double the horsepower, I make full use of my brakes
You’re still trying to justify a fixable issue, by not fixing said issue, and doing something else instead. Which is just asinine.
Re: I did it! I FINALLY did it!! Dual batteries
Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2024 7:37 pm
by DCIV
I’m trying to make full use of already having the battery. Hopefully this new vehicle will not go dead like the avalanche and it’s a non issue. Just like hopefully you don’t drive to recklessly and need those bigger brakes.
Coop
Re: I did it! I FINALLY did it!! Dual batteries
Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2024 4:26 pm
by ChargerX3
Uh...does it have lockers?
