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Cheers
 
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Hello,

Am i right in saying that for a split charge system 1 red top and 1 yellow top is required or can it be any two of the same colour?

I have looked on search but could not find answer.

I do intend fitting a split charge at some point, so with the offer of batteries going i thought why not get the batteries now ready.
 
I have a red for starter and injection/ignition system and yellow for all other circuits

Might aswell have the correct battery for the job intended

No problem having 2 yellows though, many people do.
 
I have a red for starter and injection/ignition system and yellow for all other circuits

Might aswell have the correct battery for the job intended

No problem having 2 yellows though, many people do.

I was thinking one for normal use and another for extras like winch, compressor and sterio n spot lights.

Just don't know what battery colour set up.

Cheers.
 
I was thinking one for normal use and another for extras like winch, compressor and sterio n spot lights.

Just don't know what battery colour set up.

Cheers.

the red is for normal use i.e. starting

yellow has a deeper cycle so most people use that for extras i.e. winch spots etc
 
Yeah exactly.

Tbh unless you alter you vehicle electric system so you never drain your starter battery then you may wish to have yellow on both.

Red only has slightly more amperage but is not for deep cycle, so yellow is more multi purpose.

If I had not recircuited my vehicle to isolate the red to solely starting and engine running, I would have fitted both yellow.

You could also say that if you never planned to deep cycle and had a very big motor to crank over you may simply fit 2x red in constant parallel.

So it really depends on how you rig your systems up.

It's not difficult to move your main fuse box supply cables over to your secondary battery, leaving only your starter and ignition circuits connected to your primary.

If you run a v8 then you will need to connect your ecu and fuel pump supply etc to primary also.

But yeah.

2x yellow is the regular choice at the loss of a little CCA and a little more money to spend.
 
This is helpful stuff,

I have had so many battery problems with different vehicles in the past.
I want a descent set up on this one.
Thank you.

Mr noisy I may rig two batteries the way you said leaving one for starting only.
How does this work when I fit a winch?

So would two yellow batteries be better for my 200tdi disco Rather than one red and one yellow?
 
I am running one red one yellow, but there is zero chance I would drain red battery, it is only connected to starter and engine electrics.

Yellow battery runs everything else in the car.

My car is fairly extensively rewired but the principle is same

If you are going to alter your circuits then you could also run red and yellow

It's very easy on a 200 actually, simpler than 300

Anyway as above, choice of battery colour depends on your planned use
 
Yeah exactly.

Tbh unless you alter you vehicle electric system so you never drain your starter battery then you may wish to have yellow on both.

Red only has slightly more amperage but is not for deep cycle, so yellow is more multi purpose.

If I had not recircuited my vehicle to isolate the red to solely starting and engine running, I would have fitted both yellow.

You could also say that if you never planned to deep cycle and had a very big motor to crank over you may simply fit 2x red in constant parallel.

So it really depends on how you rig your systems up.

It's not difficult to move your main fuse box supply cables over to your secondary battery, leaving only your starter and ignition circuits connected to your primary.

If you run a v8 then you will need to connect your ecu and fuel pump supply etc to primary also.

But yeah.

2x yellow is the regular choice at the loss of a little CCA and a little more money to spend.

That was incredibly useful info Mr N!!

Great stuff
 
I am running one red one yellow, but there is zero chance I would drain red battery, it is only connected to starter and engine electrics.

Yellow battery runs everything else in the car.

My car is fairly extensively rewired but the principle is same

If you are going to alter your circuits then you could also run red and yellow

It's very easy on a 200 actually, simpler than 300

Anyway as above, choice of battery colour depends on your planned use

Hi Mr Noisy,
Have you any diagrams for the Red n Yellow set up, iv'e just ordered one of each.
 
Urm, kinda

I mean the easy option is simply replace original battery with red and then wire any extra circuits to your yellow

However, it would be nice to have things like radio, headlights, interior lights, etc etc wired to yellow so you can leave things on when camping and not worry

Depends in the vehicle regards how simple it is to separate the circuits up.

What vehicle?
 

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