Re: (ex-)Transco Transit 2 battery electrics

transits have the option of twin batteries from the factory , you will first need to find out if it was a factory option or if transco did it in house , usally if its a factory fit then the batteries are linked in parallel and service the vehicle as a whole , if its done in house by transco then each battery will have dedicated services

John Stumbles formulated on Monday :

My guess would be that it will be a similar set up to a caravan or motorhome secondary battery charging system. A relay enables when the engine is running, linking the secondary battery to the main one to enable it to charge. I would also expect some protection for the secondary battery to prevent its voltage dropping too low, as in disconnecting it from its load.

The secondary battery powers most of the extras, and is charged via a pretty standard split charge relay set-up. There's no low battery protection on it, as it's main purpose is to power the beacons/hazard lights (hazard light wiring is modified so it takes power from the secondary battery instead of the main battery) and the beacon/hazards cutting out due to the battery getting a bit flat isn't a good idea when working at the side of the road.

The laptop arm/safe isn't any use for anything other than the antique laptops that they were designed for (Transco done away with those laptops years ago, and the safes have never been used since).

Sounds cool! Laptop shelf? Sounds like it'd make a great vehicle! Orange flashing light! Even better. Where from? And how much?

That sounds normal.

I got an orange flashing light from toolstation for about a £5. It was originally intended as a wind up for my daughter, but its actually come in really useful a couple of times.

Him indoors would prefer blue flashing lights but isn't prepared to join the police to get them. An interesting stocking filler idea for a present though... :)

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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember John Stumbles saying something like:

Storno, you mean.

Watch how you use it as I think there are pretty strict (and daft) rules on their use with vehicles, no cites I'm afraid, it's been a while.