Which Battery to Jump Start From

[smadamij]

Got to jump start a mates car from my Surf in a bit- which battery should i use? Left or Right as im looking in the engine bay?

Ashamed i dont know this!

[BUSHWHACKER]

Got to jump start a mates car from my Surf in a bit- which battery should i use? Left or Right as im looking in the engine bay?

Ashamed i dont know this!

Doesn't matter which battery, they're wired together anyway.
Make sure your engine is running and the idle-up button is pressed.

[logey79]

silly follow on/half-cut already question vince....my surf only has the 1 battery BUT my brother's yard has a couple of surfs in it at the moment....question is...if i remove all the wires going from the right hand batteries in his yard surfs, then hook them up in the same order on my 1 batteried surf, is that all i need to do to get that extra bit of starting power/auxillary power a 2nd battery gives or do i need to feck around with relays and such?

[Slugsie]

In theory yes, the two batteries are just wired up in parallel. But I've not seen the wiring for a single battery version, so don't know if there are any intricacies.

The whole bit about relays is only for a split charge system - where you have an additional battery to run accessories off whilst leaving the main battery unaffected for starting the truck.

[BUSHWHACKER]

silly follow on/half-cut already question vince....my surf only has the 1 battery BUT my brother's yard has a couple of surfs in it at the moment....question is...if i remove all the wires going from the right hand batteries in his yard surfs, then hook them up in the same order on my 1 batteried surf, is that all i need to do to get that extra bit of starting power/auxillary power a 2nd battery gives or do i need to feck around with relays and such?

Yep. Just link the two positive teminals together, and a new earth strap to the body on the new battery.

[Woodzie]

silly follow on/half-cut already question vince....my surf only has the 1 battery BUT my brother's yard has a couple of surfs in it at the moment....question is...if i remove all the wires going from the right hand batteries in his yard surfs, then hook them up in the same order on my 1 batteried surf, is that all i need to do to get that extra bit of starting power/auxillary power a 2nd battery gives or do i need to feck around with relays and such?

Are they being s$$$$ped???? if so what are the diff ratios

[darkdezigns]

not that ive checked yet but i assumed that one battery was aux,and one was engine??

[BUSHWHACKER]

not that ive checked yet but i assumed that one battery was aux,and one was engine??

Nope. both batteries are used for everything.

[darkdezigns]

hmm my batteries must be good then,did a carboot sunday,had stereo,2 1000w amps runnin from 7am till 12 lol

[BUSHWHACKER]

hmm my batteries must be good then,did a carboot sunday,had stereo,2 1000w amps runnin from 7am till 12 lol

If you're gonna do that on a regular basis, you may find this interesting....

http://www.toyotasurf.asn.au/techsite/dualbattery.htm