1. The fattest knight at King Arthur’s round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi.
2. I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but he turned out to be an optical Aleutian.
3. She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her still.4. A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra class, because it was a weapon of math disruption.
5. No matter how much you push the envelope, it’ll still be stationery.
6. A dog gave birth to puppies near the road and was cited for littering.
7. A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blownapart.
8. Two silk worms had a race. They ended up in a tie.
9. A hole has been found in the nudist camp wall. The police are looking into it.
10. Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
11. Atheism is a non-prophet organization.
12. Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in the hallway. One hat said to the other: ‘You stay here; I’ll go on a head.’
13. I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger. Then it hit me.
14. A sign on the lawn at a drug rehab center said: ‘Keep off the Grass.’
15. The midget fortune-teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.
16. The soldier who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.
17. A backward poet writes inverse.
18. In a democracy it’s your vote that counts. In feudalism it’s your count that votes.
19. If you jumped off the bridge in Paris, you’d be in Seine.
20. There was the person who sent ten puns to friends with the hope that at least one of the puns would make them laugh. No pun in ten did.
Price: R 110,000.00 onco. R 90 000
Make: Toyota
Model: Prado 3 door KZTE diesel.
Year: 2000.
Mileage: 344,000 km.
Condition: Body & Interior Excellent, Mechanically very Sound. All round very well looked after and maintained.
Reason for Sale: Looking to replace with a 5 door Prado.
Extra’s:
Inter-cooler & Chip.
HID Head Lights
HID Spots
Rear Air Bags.
Front Bull Bar
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There was quite a lot of discussion recently on what the result would be of running 2 Ctek D250 chargers , as many people felt that one didn’t put enough charge into your batteries (they have a 20 A maximum) , and this input was further reduced if you had accessories like fridges running . In my case my charge would drop as low as 12 A if the fridges where running in turbo mode
So with a bit of help (and a loan unit) from Jacque at Bushpower if thought I would give it a try .
DISCLAIMER : Nothing here is based on any scientific fact , it is all my own work , and you might not get the same results with your setup .
I also did try a Ctek Smartpass first , but the alternator would only out put about 45 A for a short period (5 min) and then settle down to about 23 A . This though at least gave me the peace of mind to try the 2 charger set up , as the alternator obviously had enough capacity to do 40 A
First off I have 3 Optima Yellow Tops (225 AH in total), results might differ with other types of batteries . They are also very close to the chargers , with very short cables
I ran a 16 mm cable from the alternator that feeds the 2 chargers
I took a 150 A out of the batteries (67% discharge) and then tested the input into the batteries using the Link 10 battery monitor that is installed on the auxiliary battery bank
The draw on the alternator was measured using a cable clamp meter
As you can see there wasn’t much loss over the cable , and the alternator didn’t have an excessive draw , as was speculated previously
I put 75 A back into the batteries (33 % discharge) , and the chargers where at that point still adding about 25 A in. (Sorry didn’t think to take a pic) – so not too much of a drop off .
I then charged the batteries until they only had another 20 A to go to full (10 % discharge) and the chargers where still charging at 8 A
With the following draw on the alternator
I then switched both fridges on , on turbo mode , they drew 8.5 A
As can be seen below , the charge into the batteries remained the same
With a resultant increase in draw off the alternator
This might not be the cheapest setup , but IMHO I’m going to stick with it , as I will easily be able to maintain my batteries with just a few hours driving each day . YMMV
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