What have you done to your 5th Gen 4Runner today?

Lmao clearly the sarcasm of my last post flew right over your head. Your setup, as laid out, makes as much sense as daisy chaining fuses to provide optimal isolation as close to fault as possible.
If you’re trying to achieve what you’re claiming to trying to achieve - a post above by kbp10 is showing you a proper way to achieve it. Not by stringing a 4ft of wire to one fuse, followed by another 4ft of wire and then another fuse before another 4ft run to battery. Lol
As for “understanding how to properly wire something” - and learning from you - lol all of your load is still connected to the positive terminal of the primary battery... you circuit assembly set up is only effective in disconnecting the 2nd battery and that run of cable - in sections, too.
Next, wiring as you have done - two batteries in parallel - will cause them both to charge and discharge together. This, although virtually provides you a single battery with roughly double the capacity, can effect serious load on your alternator while recovering from a deep discharge (ie long night of camping) and also does not provide for any isolation of primary battery when the vehicle is not running. There is a reason why isolators, voltage monitors, and current regulators are invented for dual battery setups. Slamming extra batteries in parallel and putting double fuses to isolate them (and pieces of cable) is deff not the way to do it.
Later, when I have more time I will show you how your voltage reading on a battery is useless in knowing whether the battery is charging or not. From those of us who know “how to wire things up”, but also are career engineers/electricians lol

 

Check out that ODO

 

Haha nice

 

That was a test! And you, Sir - passed with flying colors LOL

 

7th grade math class??

 

Pretty much lol

 

Sometimes it’s the little things that get you through the day. I sent it to wife, too and awaiting a response. She’ll surely not be amused lmbo

 

She said “something something man-child something”

 

I would not take any advice from the poster of that Amazon answer, neither the SKS or the 1894 lever action rifle should ever have a scope mounted to them, yuck.

 

You will find that antenna is a poor choice for anything lower than 900 MHz, and the antenna placement below the roofline makes the antenna even less efficient. Study your Technician manual and look at antenna basics. The antenna needs to be 1/4 wave or longer and have an adequate ground plane for any kind of efficiency. For 2-Meter VHF that means an antenna of about 19".

 

It’s not my post or my setup. Having a 2 battery setup with a fuse as close to each battery protects the entire circuit, period, end of story.

 

End of story period after you were defending an improperly set up wiring and tried to smear me for calling it out - as if you were some sort of an expert ? LoL
Though, you’re not wrong in this last post - your prior ones left much inaccuracies within. End of story, period.

 

Lol right and actually I am an expert. Since my very first post, I stated a fuse as close to each battery protected the entire circuit. You claimed that was only true if wiring something into the cable between the two batteries which is false. You claimed a fuse at both batteries was pointless which is also false. Reality is, people doing things wrong makes me money when I fix it so have at it!

 

Look at the placement of those fuses - distance from the batteries. Then look at the fact that all of his load is connected to the positive terminal of the primary battery. For his current setup - one fuse would suffice. Having two fuses’s only benefit currently is the ability to disconnect a section of the cable and not just the second battery.

 

While we’re at it - and as promised. Here is my dual battery setup. Except, instead of a second battery I decided to use hammers. Their nonconductive handles are just as good as a battery, right? And here it is showing DC voltage so that clearly shows that “both of my cells are charging and doing things.”

 

Awesome! Thank you!

 

Never mind... not here for this. You’re so right

Back to pics.
Saw this today. Thought it was awesome, until I researched the MSRP

 

But, i have amperage, (amp clamp) on one, then the other, and both?

Edit- kinda thought it was enough to show. But, rad,... use your hammers.

Also, started the rig, on the second cell, detached from the oem location, eyelet off the oem location positive... Aka- just the second.... man, dunno why your all up in my shit.

Another edit- also, your hammers dont rest ar a specific voltage, well, my agm, does, so, it is HIGER, than rest, (with my amp clamp on) seems like its gettin a charge. Not like a peice of wood, or IE your hammers.
Another edit- clown

 

One appeared in a driveway up the street. I thought cool. Then I Googled it-his model was close to 200k.

 

Those things are insanely expensive. Though, to be honest - I am getting more and more drawn to the idea of getting a UTV as a dedicated off-road rig to be hitting the trails with. Most of the trails are very far from where I live so if I jack up the 4Runner - it would not bode well for returning home. So I am thinking 4Runner as a overlander and camping/towing machine, and then something like this for actual trail riding

 

Sweet Jesus that MSRP!!!

 

Oh snap - a real electrician in da house! Well played.
I was trying to keep my layout as close to the original design as possible for ease of comparison.

 

I love 80085

 

Outfitted the wife’s 4Runner with 17 inch Fuel Vapor wheels. She caught the bug as I was doing some mods to my car. So now I’ll be spending double the money moving forward. Hahaha.

 

While I didn’t do anything to my runner today I did do something for it.

Ordered a set of black MR315’s with 295/70/17 STT Pros, Total Chaos UCA’s and Toytec 1” body lift kit. Planning on keeping the TRD wheels and come winter buy snow shoes.

I know what I’ll be doing this weekend. Just gotta find my Dremel, BF hammer and cutoff wheel.

 

I definitely have a lot to learn and read up on. Thanks for the advice!

 

Can’t wait to see the outcome. I’m thinking of going with a body lift and 35s on the GX. Wife’s 4runner will have to stick with the 33s haha

 

Bought it. 2021 Venture Edition. First mod suggestions?

 

Grill lights. Than lift, tires, roof rack, tailgate ladder, etc haha