Hi everyone.
as you may well know I am fitting a wheel power chair hoist in my ffrr.
I would like to know about battery disconnect procedure, as I have to fit an inline fuse and seperate live all the way
from front. Read wiki but do you leave a door open to let car shut down or doesn't it matter, as I notice when you open a door I can hear a fan running. Thanks in advance and sorry if it's been covered before.
Greg.

I'm no expert but for what its worth I do the following.

Turn off the ignition and remover the key. Open the bonnet for so you can get at the battery. Close the doors and walk away, I leave it for about 15-20 minutes then disconnect the earth lead, leave it alone for another 15-20 minutes and then disconnect the Pos lead.

By opening the bonnet early, you don't need to open the door again until well after the battery is disconnected.

Hope that helps.

Thanks for the quick reply.
Just a bit unsure as my knowledge of electrics isn't brilliant.
I will do that and thank you
greg.

Don't forget when reconnecting, Pos lead first then earth. After starting the car turn the steering hard left then hard right to reset the steering.

I'm not sure if it's of any use to you but there is a permanently live 16mm2 cable fused at 100A at the rear of the car.
Would this be sufficient to feed your chair hoist?
The 100A cable feeds the rear fuseboard in the car and is generally running at nil consumption when the car is stationary which means nearly all of the 100A would be available to supply your hoist.
Using this cable would obviously obviate the need for an additional cable to the front of the car avoiding the cost and hassle involved.
What sort of power supply do you need for the hoist?

Thanks for the replys.
I was told by the chap who sold it me, to put a seperate lead in as it will isolate anything other than the
hoist thereby eliminating any possibility of trouble from the cars electrics.
I have fed the wire through and need to solder each joint. The brackets I have fabbed and welded then
bolted in, just need to adjust one.
so nearly there will do my best to take and post some pics. But I'm a bit technophobic where thats concerned.
cheers everyone such a great forum this.

Connecting into the rear cable wouldn't have caused any problems, it's a direct connection to the battery +ve terminal.
In reality it's no different to what you are doing.
Hope you get it all working successfully.

Cheers

Thank you everyone. The hoist is up and running.
I've lifted the power chair off the floor about 6 inches can't go anymore cus I need the correct mushroom head fittings to connect to the lifting bar. All went well with battery disconnect and reconnection afaik everything is okay just need to do a test drive.
What super people you are on this great forum

Post a few pics up when you have done. Good to see how you have done it.

Just north of Stafford ? I spent 10 years living in Stone and another 10 living in Lightwood, before moving to Chesterfield in 2011.

Nice area to be.....

 2011 Range Rover Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8

Previous cars :
2003 Range Rover Vogue TD6
1999 Discovery Td5 ES
1995 BMW M5 3.8 6 speed
1992 Range Rover 3.9 Efi Vogue
1992 BMW M5 3.8
1988 BMW 735i SE
1989 Ford Sierra XR4x4 2.9i
1981 Ford Fiesta Supersport

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When I have a spare hour I'll post some pics.
I'm about midway between stafford and stone theA34 is approx a mile up the lane from me so quite in the sticks, all we have is a post box a public telephone and church, been here nearly 5 years as we needed a bungalow for wifey.
glad to hear you know the area,
oh and we love it out here .
On a note of the equipment I bought if anyone is interested in anything to do with mobility this chap has just started up on his own been doing this and other equipment for at least 16 years and a very nice chap he is. I know were not allowed to advertise so if you would like to pm me I will give you his number. Thanks again greg.

I can recommend Ashley 4x4 if you need any work done on the rr. They are local and Land Rover trained.....

 2011 Range Rover Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8

Previous cars :
2003 Range Rover Vogue TD6
1999 Discovery Td5 ES
1995 BMW M5 3.8 6 speed
1992 Range Rover 3.9 Efi Vogue
1992 BMW M5 3.8
1988 BMW 735i SE
1989 Ford Sierra XR4x4 2.9i
1981 Ford Fiesta Supersport

Thanks very much I've been past their place a few times and did wonder, but a lady in our village used them and did mention it. Where I used to live at hednesford I used mercia 4x4 for my disco's but a bit far to go now.
will keep them in mind

I've a pal in rugeley who's got a machine shop and is a 4x4 expert just off power station road, they do engines that others are scared to do including for car SOS TV prog  _____________________________________________________
Zambezi silver Vogue Se unique

Scottyav. Noticed from previous posts your local. Its good to know we have a few good places
we can call on if need be. My son, wife and family live in rugeley I know the area very well.
must get my car booked into neil smith for gearbox service. Topman!