Dual Batteries

You could Fuse the front battery close the the front and run that wire to a distribution block.Fuse the rear battery as close as possible and also run that to the distribution block.Then run all the wires to the amps from the distribution block with the appropiate fuses for that piece of electrical equipment. better to be safe then sorry :) BJ White

No, the fuse at the back must be between the back battery and the front battery or isolator as close as possible to the battery. It needs to blow if for any reason the wire is grounding out. Sure if it has a fuse up front it may blow the front fuse, but what keeps the rear battery to continue to throw current into a dead short that may be under the drivers seat?Top Secret, I can tell you but then my wife will kill me.

Poormanq45 wrote: Optima = same as everyone else Just go buy a deep cycle battery for a second battery. People think that optima batteries are something special, but they really arn't. The "dry" cell battery, also known as the gell cell battery, has been around for years. It's just now being brought into the light for these "kids" that have to have the brand name to be cool.

 Gel cell and AGM (Optima) are two different animals.. both lead acid batteries, but different construction. AGM are nice because of no venting requirements, and they don't leak acid. Gel cell in automotive application sizes aren't easily available.

 Jim

just wanted to ask what are really good batteries, i was looking at an optima yellow top they i saw the blue top, whats a awsome battery to get? sorry if this doesnt really go with this thread.

AGM batteries have been around for a while too. Look into your power distrbution subsystem. They use 24volt AGM batteries for their UPS system for the controls... -Drew

Well the Optima batteries are what my distrubitor carries so, I went with them.  The one for the front is an inch longer and the one in the back is a deep cycle.