Re: (ex-)Transco Transit 2 battery electrics

[Andy Hall]

I've just bought an ex-Transco Transit 100.

Is it white?

Apart from an orange flashing > light (now gracing teenage sprog's bedroom :-)) it has various interesting > adaptations including an MOD-looking pull-down laptop shelf, a Stornoway > 6000 radio, two antennae and much electrical/electronic gizmos. > > It also has two batteries and an "Intellitec Battery Guard 2000". I guess > the second battery is to run the laptop & Stornoway, and possibly other > gizmos, but the (extra) interior lights seem to be off the main battery > and when they're all on trigger the battery disconnector after a period of > minutes rather than hours. (It may be that the battery's a bit flat since I > haven't given it a good run since I bought it.) I'm inclined to move the > interior lights to the auxiliary battery whilst I've got it, but I'd like > to know more about how the two are wired up before messing around. > > Anyone got any info on these setups? > > (And info on the laptop shelf, Stornoway, Page Alarm, electric wash basin > on the back door &c &c most welcome too.)

These Transco guys have it cushy. Mind you, if one had to dig trenches to fix gas pipes in this weather a little comfort would be reasonable.

[steve robinson]

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

[Harry Bloomfield]

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.

[Mogga]

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

[Duncan Wood]

That sounds normal.

[The Medway Handyman]

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.

[Mogga]

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... :)

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

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.

is a town in the arse end of nowhere.

[fred]

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.