Anybody ever connect an external battery?
The Lancer 880 only has room for one battery. I'm thinking of connecting a second one and using jumper cables to the main battery. Has anybody ever done this?
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Jumper cables work just fine if properly choosen and installed.
I had external battery on my travel trailer that I kept in dry storage at the lake.
I could not charge the battery there, so I had small (older) battery in the trailer compartment for brakes and occasional water pump use, while the big battery was traveling in my SUV for full recharge at home.
That set also would allow me to recharge the external battery while taking SUV for sightseeing. Small wire plug into cigarette lighter with alligator clips for the battery and all sitting in cargo space of SUV with plug there.
Sure for inverter use you will need good cables and bolted terminals, but for lighting and water pump no worry.
I had external battery on my travel trailer that I kept in dry storage at the lake.
I could not charge the battery there, so I had small (older) battery in the trailer compartment for brakes and occasional water pump use, while the big battery was traveling in my SUV for full recharge at home.
That set also would allow me to recharge the external battery while taking SUV for sightseeing. Small wire plug into cigarette lighter with alligator clips for the battery and all sitting in cargo space of SUV with plug there.
Sure for inverter use you will need good cables and bolted terminals, but for lighting and water pump no worry.
