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Dual Battery setup with cutoff questions

marine_mike

marine_mike

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Hey guys. My K5 is killing me with the gremlins. It sits for months at a time while I'm overseas working. My girlfriend just informed me that when she attempted to change flat due to extreme cold, the Battery was dead. No juice=no opening the tailgate to get to the spare. OK...back to the battery. It's a brand new red top bought in October. The K5 is an 87 with a new carbureted 350. I'm looking to install a cutoff switch which would seem pretty simple, but I do have plans on putting a winch on in the future. I was wondering if any of you have put a dual batt system with a cutoff. I found this switch but was wondering how to install it and what items you guys think would go best with what I'm looking to do.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/HLA-005519001/
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You might want to check out this thread, especially post 7

http://coloradok5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=293664

If it sits for months, the battery might go dead with no load on it at all. My truck will go dead in about a month from the radio and computer.

Since I like my presets and the computer remembers how to run, I am going to go with something like that link come summer when it sits a lot.
 
I just sent an email to 12volt guy asking if he could put together a dual batt setup with master disco and switch for a winch. Let's see what he comes back with. In the mean time, I'm still trying to find out what I would need to throw it together myself. A battery tender would be feasible if not for the distance from the house to the blazer.
 
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