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<blockquote data-quote="wheelman55" data-source="post: 1568814" data-attributes="member: 19793"><p>The Hellroaring units are designed to work with modern vehicle charging systems. It’s quite a bit simpler than the REDARC. Read through the HR site before you make your decision. </p><p></p><p>HR has actual design engineers who will field your calls. </p><p></p><p>If you are not going to winch all you need is the isolator. If you want to winch then you’ll want a combiner. </p><p></p><p>Why not carry a Lithium jump pack instead of the added complexity of a combiner? You are far more likely to run the AUX battery down than you are the starting battery. </p><p></p><p>Batteries: for AGM consider Northstar or X2 Power. Both are premium. </p><p></p><p>Buy the finest stranded wire you can, tinned copper heavy wall lugs, a quality crimper, adhesive lined shrink, wire dressing, etc. </p><p></p><p>I buy my fine stranded wire either from Polarwire in Alaska (premium wire) or from Tony Candela in AZ (ultra premium wire). Both companies have wire, lugs, shrink and crimpers. </p><p></p><p>Polarwire gets my solar business, Tony gets my automotive business. </p><p></p><p>Buy your lugs from the company you buy your wire from. Note that Tony’s wire is thicker for the same gauge, so buy his lugs if you buy his wire. </p><p></p><p>Be aware that you need to drive a lot every other day or so to keep your AUX battery charged. Consider adding solar if you want to stay in one place longer. </p><p></p><p>I’m using a 180 watt folding ZAMP system, but I run two ARB fridges and two battery banks for basecamp. I think a 100 watt system would be plenty for the one battery and one fridge. </p><p></p><p>I use a Walmart battery box to house my Lithium AUX battery for Raptor. I added charge ports to the box for the ARB. </p><p></p><p>My battery and fridge are in the bed. Twenty feet or so of 8 gauge from isolator in the engine compartment to the bed. Installed a hole in the bed to run the wires. Used Anderson HD connectors to connect to the battery box. Simple and clean. Both fridge and battery box come out of the bed in minutes and get put in the shade for base camp. The fridge uses way less power when in the shade. </p><p></p><p>I’ve got HR isolators in both of my trucks now...they work great. </p><p></p><p>The isolator in the Raptor is tucked up in the corner of the passenger side firewall. You can barely see it. I installed nutserts in the firewall to mount the isolator. </p><p></p><p>Use rubber or plastic grommets/bushings when you pass wires through holes in metal. </p><p></p><p>Use some kind of wire dressing over your wires. </p><p></p><p>Have fun with the install!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wheelman55, post: 1568814, member: 19793"] The Hellroaring units are designed to work with modern vehicle charging systems. It’s quite a bit simpler than the REDARC. Read through the HR site before you make your decision. HR has actual design engineers who will field your calls. If you are not going to winch all you need is the isolator. If you want to winch then you’ll want a combiner. Why not carry a Lithium jump pack instead of the added complexity of a combiner? You are far more likely to run the AUX battery down than you are the starting battery. Batteries: for AGM consider Northstar or X2 Power. Both are premium. Buy the finest stranded wire you can, tinned copper heavy wall lugs, a quality crimper, adhesive lined shrink, wire dressing, etc. I buy my fine stranded wire either from Polarwire in Alaska (premium wire) or from Tony Candela in AZ (ultra premium wire). Both companies have wire, lugs, shrink and crimpers. Polarwire gets my solar business, Tony gets my automotive business. Buy your lugs from the company you buy your wire from. Note that Tony’s wire is thicker for the same gauge, so buy his lugs if you buy his wire. Be aware that you need to drive a lot every other day or so to keep your AUX battery charged. Consider adding solar if you want to stay in one place longer. I’m using a 180 watt folding ZAMP system, but I run two ARB fridges and two battery banks for basecamp. I think a 100 watt system would be plenty for the one battery and one fridge. I use a Walmart battery box to house my Lithium AUX battery for Raptor. I added charge ports to the box for the ARB. My battery and fridge are in the bed. Twenty feet or so of 8 gauge from isolator in the engine compartment to the bed. Installed a hole in the bed to run the wires. Used Anderson HD connectors to connect to the battery box. Simple and clean. Both fridge and battery box come out of the bed in minutes and get put in the shade for base camp. The fridge uses way less power when in the shade. I’ve got HR isolators in both of my trucks now...they work great. The isolator in the Raptor is tucked up in the corner of the passenger side firewall. You can barely see it. I installed nutserts in the firewall to mount the isolator. Use rubber or plastic grommets/bushings when you pass wires through holes in metal. Use some kind of wire dressing over your wires. Have fun with the install! [/QUOTE]
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