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02-08-2011, 12:52 PM
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car battery on atv
will this work? i believe in my last post someone stating "perfect spot for a car battery" i just dont wanna fry the wires 
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02-08-2011, 01:04 PM
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Team ArcticChat
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Sled: 1994 Puma 340 DLX
ATV: Popo 400 Sportsman
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I use a car battery on mine. You won't fry anything as long as you are hooking up a 12 volt battery into a 12 volt system.
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02-08-2011, 01:43 PM
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ATV: 2007 650 H1 PSC Edition
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Correct. 12V is 12V is 12V. Do not hook them up in series though, as you won't have 12V...you'll have 24V and you'll fry stuff.
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02-08-2011, 02:05 PM
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Team ArcticChat
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Sled: 1994 Puma 340 DLX
ATV: Popo 400 Sportsman
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I run a deep cycle and have a 700 watt power inverter attached to the battery box. Portable power anywhere you go!
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02-08-2011, 03:31 PM
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Location: Welland, Ontario, Canada
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ATV: 2010 700H1 LE
2010 Mileage: 400
2009 Mileage: 350
2008 Mileage: 300
2007 Mileage: 100
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You must have to hook up a charger at the end of the day 'cause I doubt the charging system could keep that puppy charged. Especially if you are running tools off that inverter. Great idea though. Where is this car battery mounted?
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02-08-2011, 04:21 PM
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in the back of the 300 frame, its ok if i have to charge at the end of the day my bikes a 98 300 so it doesnt keep any battery charged besides its mainly just gonna be elec start and my winch
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02-08-2011, 04:53 PM
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Team ArcticChat
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Location: Lawton, OK
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ATV: '01 AC 300 4x4 finished project
2010 Mileage: 100-150
2009 Mileage: 30-50
2008 Mileage: ---
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 Quote: Originally Posted by wheelie
You must have to hook up a charger at the end of the day 'cause I doubt the charging system could keep that puppy charged. Especially if you are running tools off that inverter. Great idea though. Where is this car battery mounted? 
Wrong. It'll charge at 14 volts nominal all day long. It'll last longer, run headlights and a winch without flickering, and have endless cranking power...and I just have the $60 off-the-shelf 600 amp cheapo battery. I don't have body panels, so mine sits on a custom fabbed mount plate right under my rear rack. I forgot to mention that it's maintenance-free.
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'01 NakedCat 300 4x4
mods: (some assembly required)
new seat
12" Vision Mini-Truck rims
26" GBC Dirt Devil 2 XT's (rear)
25" Interco Swamp Lites (front)
CVMAN HD CV Axles
Moose 1.5" Lift kit
Moose Ball Joints
AC Chrome front bumper/brushguard
AC Chrome rear bumper
within-frame LED lighting
LED tail and corner lights
600CCA Car battery
Custom Fab front rack
Top end rebuild
more to come...
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02-08-2011, 04:57 PM
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nice a arm color, i was thinking of painting my racks that exact color or the ktm orange i dont know o.0
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02-08-2011, 05:01 PM
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Team ArcticChat
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ATV: 2008 Arctic Cat 400 4x4
2009 Mileage: 950
2008 Mileage: 440
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I have run a 12v Caterpillar battery from a loader on mine for plowing. Never once did my hid's flicker while using the winch, hand warmers and the fan going. It just fit in between the bars on the rear rack.
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2008 400 4x4 for the sticky situations
2008 CRF450X, for when I wanna go fast.
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02-08-2011, 05:02 PM
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fairlane, can you tell me what color green you used on the a-arm's if you did that yourself.
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