Making your own Anderson connected jump leads - what amps?
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I'm with you on this one!
For the sake of a few seconds, it's neither here nor there.
It seems like yet another bit of unnecessary kit to spend money on!
Each to their own, I suppose!
Pikey
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Ratty's the person to talk to about Anderson connectors and jump leads.
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I had a set of decent jump leads made from welding wire. I split them and put Anderson connectors towards one end to rejoin them. This gives me the flexibility to use the Anderson connector on the seatbox or to use them as normal leads.
It is a bit of a foof to fit the Anderson connector to the seatbox but once done it gives you a neat solution for jump starting other vehicles.
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It is a bit of a foof to fit the Anderson connector to the seatbox but once done it gives you a neat solution for jump starting other vehicles.
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my 90 has 2 110A batteries fitted under the seat. The seats are competition bucket seats and take about 10-15 mins to remove. I have an anderson connector on the outside of the seat box aswell as 2 independant battery isolators (either of which can power the 90) when both battery isolators are on then the batteries are connected together, when camping i turn one off so as to save the other for starting in the morning and run lights etc through the evening off the other.I'm with you on this one!
For the sake of a few seconds, it's neither here nor there.
It seems like yet another bit of unnecessary kit to spend money on!
Each to their own, I suppose!
I suffer with sleep apnia (stop breathing in my sleep) so have a mask and machine to force air to keep my airwaves open and use the anderson connector to power the 1000w inverter. The only reason i use this when camping is i would otherwise keep all my fellow laners awake snoring, trust me lol, i have on the last occation after very heavy use of the winch all day flattened both batteries through the course of the night and had to use jump leads. Being able to jump start without having to take the seat out is very much easier
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Btw for anyone interested in making their own I would highly recommend the eBay seller race-bolts. This seems to be his sole interest I.e Anderson connectors etc... And everything seems to be of very good quality, even to the extent of the croc clips being fully insulated and having a braided cable connecting the two parts.
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Must admit, ive often thought about anderson leads for my 110, but then I just think for how often I have to get to the battery, it's not worth it.
Exactly, another bit of kit not required by 99% of Defender owners. I would be curious to know how many people have spent more time fitting them than time it has saved them, probably another 99% statistic!
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Time spent when you you have it to spare means you might be able to help someone else out when you have very little time to spare
Very noble!
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i agree + anything that saves me having to clear all the crap out of the passengers seat/footwell every time a friend needs a jump start is worth the time
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Ok....look at it from a selfish tw@t point of view.....Its ****ing with rain, your loaded and passenger seats are full, you left the side lights on a little too long and you can't quite fire up. Some annoyingly noble git offers you a jump........
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You have to crimp them poperly
abcdedd
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no you don't..
How to make up Anderson plug jump leads for a land rover Defender or any vehicle - YouTube
solder is the way forward if you cant get hold of an expensive crimper.. tis how i've done mine!
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Good link
