G'Day, all well hers the first of my questions, where do you put the second battery, the only place that I can see is in the big hole in the rear load space area on the drivers side. I dont fancy a battery inside the car so any other suggestions.

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Yep thats the place just get an agm battery as they dont contain water in a way and designed to be inside a vehicle and very safe  onto no6 Range Rover

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Dan_UK did a bit of a howto on this a while back:

http://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic5721.html .
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I had a look at this and found a reasonable space for a second battery would be in the engine bay on top of the front passenger chassis leg, below the inlet air duct for the fuel cooler. Would depend on the size of battery you require but a battery mounted in this position would certainly reduce large dia cable runs to the rear of the car
You would need to make a mounting plate onto the chassis leg to fit and secure the battery.
Worth considering batteries that can be mounted on their sides.
Another option is to mount a battery under the car, surprising how much spare room there is underneath.

take a look at the new merc battery's you wont believe the size not much bigger then a house brick V8 facelift Range Rover Autobiography 22" wheels.
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Thanks very much, a lot of food for thought there the second batt will supply power to the fridge & lighting to the roof top tent. but needs to be winch capable as well.

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Are you fitting a winch ? or do you have one already ? I notice your in the west midlands do you mean the by birmingham midlands in uk ? If yes i have a winch fitted to my 05 facelift ive had it on and of the car a few times so if you need a hand to fit one or want to look at mine your more than welcome i could even be tempted to sell it  onto no6 Range Rover

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Do you have any pics of your winch Speedy??

Is it using the FFRR LR front bumper for winch's?

PS Sorry to the OP for going OT.


IIRC if a battery is patched into the boot there is a 100amp rated cable from front to back that should cope with most demands, even starting IIRC from the battery

Go to search and type in milemarker winch install and you should find pics from a couple years ago onto no6 Range Rover

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daveo wrote:

take a look at the new merc battery's you wont believe the size not much bigger then a house brick

speedymarktd6 wrote:

Are you fitting a winch ? or do you have one already ? I notice your in the west midlands do you mean the by birmingham midlands in uk ? If yes i have a winch fitted to my 05 facelift ive had it on and of the car a few times so if you need a hand to fit one or want to look at mine your more than welcome i could even be tempted to sell it

Try speaking to Dan and see what deal he can get you on the part and shipping as it could be cheaper than faffing about or buying from LR over there??

kingpleb wrote:

Try speaking to Dan and see what deal he can get you on the part and shipping as it could be cheaper than faffing about or buying from LR over there??

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