Anyone fitted one of these to their Kodiaq?

 

Mine is on order but I am thinking of installing at split charge/leisure battery (to power a fridge in the back).  Wondered had anyone done something similar and if so where did you fix the battery?

I doubt many have as I can't see many wanting to do this. Also bear in mind you cannot use a split charge relay on a car with start/stop, you have to use a battery to battery charger which are quite expensive.

Edited 29 July, 20197 yr by SuperbTWM

Thread in the Fabia Mk3 section.

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/469877-smart-alternator-and-towingleisure-battery

 

Thanks guys.  Yes the sensible option is a battery to battery charger (around £200), this plus the fridge, plus the  leisure battery and you are looking at around £600-£1000, which I know some will consider expensive.  Depends how much you value a fridge and what you use it for.  Personally an ice cold drink whenever and wherever I am is worth the amount (given it is transferable) 

 

I was more interested in the location for the battery and charger and where people have found it to work better.    Perhaps you are right though, maybe it is too niche.

 

 

The Kodiaq vRS has its battery in the boot, so all of the housings and wires will be available if you wanted to fit it out of the way and to look genuine Skoda.

 

Be wary though, a lot of modern cars have smart alternators fitted, which is playing havoc with leisure batteries fitted to caravans. Might not affect what you're doing, but the days of easily modifying automotive electrical systems are almost behind us?

A much cheaper alternative ,you could always buy a thermal insulated cup/ bottle to keep drink cold, and keep a few drinks in the cooled glovebox

Edited 30 July, 20197 yr by Kenny R

I have a cool box filled with frozen ice packs and the drinks before a trip, sometimes the ice packs are still frozen the next day, in winter the next week.

Surely what your proposing is overkill, just plug your coolbox into a cigarette light socket. Yes it will only run when the ignition is on, but once it's cold it will remain cold for a decent length of time as long as you don't keep opening the lid.

What I used to do when taking a coolbox when caravanning, was plug the box into the mains at home the night before to get it cold, then the next day fill it with products that had been in our refrigerator, so were already cold and load it all into the car boot and plug it in. As long as you then continue to load the box with already chilled drinks, they will stay that way. If you put unchilled drinks in, then it will just take longer to chill them. Once you get used to this system, it's much easier than buying/fitting a leisure battery.

Be warned, the 12V sockets in the Kodiaq are permanently live, the ignition isn't needed, and as confirmed by others there is no fail-safe system either, so the car will happily let the battery drain completely if whatever is plugged in is forgotten about.

 

This, and the auto rain closing feature, are features Skoda have annoyingly removed with the introduction of later models.

5 hours ago, Roottootemoot said:

I have a cool box filled with frozen ice packs and the drinks before a trip, sometimes the ice packs are still frozen the next day, in winter the next week.

 

You Scots are a tough breed, with your climate control set to -1C ❄️

You could fit one of these..

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dometic-Coolpower-Voltage-Monitor-Universal/dp/B00I5DAHNO/ref=asc_df_B00I5DAHNO/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=310821873791&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=3284076614297475077&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1007377&hvtargid=pla-565958796638&psc=1&th=1&psc=1

or if you are handy indeed of these and you can set the cut off voltage...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kemo-M148A-Battery-Guard-12V-Black/dp/B004AUJ002/ref=asc_df_B004AUJ002/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=214458080830&hvpos=1o10&hvnetw=g&hvrand=3284076614297475077&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1007377&hvtargid=pla-423435127897&psc=1&th=1&psc=1

22 hours ago, silver1011 said:

The Kodiaq vRS has its battery in the boot, so all of the housings and wires will be available if you wanted to fit it out of the way and to look genuine Skoda.

 

Be wary though, a lot of modern cars have smart alternators fitted, which is playing havoc with leisure batteries fitted to caravans. Might not affect what you're doing, but the days of easily modifying automotive electrical systems are almost behind us?

 

Thanks, that's great to know.  If I go down the leisure battery route that's perfect.

 

 

15 hours ago, silver1011 said:

Be warned, the 12V sockets in the Kodiaq are permanently live, the ignition isn't needed, and as confirmed by others there is no fail-safe system either, so the car will happily let the battery drain completely if whatever is plugged in is forgotten about.

 

This, and the auto rain closing feature, are features Skoda have annoyingly removed with the introduction of later models.

 

Really?  

 

That's perfect then.  The fridge is equipped with a cut off that will disengage when the battery falls below a certain voltage.  

 

For day to day running I could just plug the fridge in and forget about it.   

Yep, the Chinese fridge manufacturers can build in a simple low cost solution to prevent you from becoming stranded, yet Skoda themselves, for some reason, have recently removed their version of the same fail-safe system, not sure why though.

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Yes it will only run when the ignition is on

 

My sincere apologies for this statement, I'd clean forgotten that the 12V system is always live.

I should bloody know as I bought a 12V connector for my satnav that I can switch off rather than unplugging the unit every time.

I ripped out the cover / trim on the left hand storage well (when looking into the car) and have installed a leisure battery with inverter and wired in a CTEK charger connector.  To charge it I run a lead from the charger in the garage into the boot - I can close the boot lid with the lead in place so in the morning the battery is fully charged.  Was the easiest solution for me without having to run wiring to the in-car battery.

On 01/10/2019 at 11:22, stevekhart said:

I ripped out the cover / trim on the left hand storage well (when looking into the car) and have installed a leisure battery with inverter and wired in a CTEK charger connector.

 

How big was the leisure battery. Did you manage to get any photos?