Forscan mods for single lithium battery setup?
Posted: Sat May 14, 2022 9:47 pm
Gday All.
I recently removed the under bonnet battery and had a 200AH DCS lithium installed in the Tub as the primary/only battery.
The Ranger was running fine for a few weeks but then it started playing up. It would completely cut out for a split second, (headlights off,dash goes black, warning chime about hill descent control and the windscreen wipers would cycle once).
This would happen every morning and always in the same spot about 200 metres from my house. It would usually only do it once or twice then the car would be fine after it had been driven for a while.
I hooked up Forscan and I saw these errors:
From what I read the puddle lamp error is because I removed the sportsbar. I disabled puddle lamp which I think got rid of that error but I need to check again to see if it came back.
I'm not sure what the Antenna/indicator error is?, indicators are fine.
While I was there I disabled "Battery Monitor" and so far after 1 week I haven't had any issues. Can someone explain how the battery monitor function works and could that have caused my issue?
Lastly should I change any other settings for my Lithium battery setup?
Is there a way to increase the alternator output? I read something about turning the smart function off.
I recently removed the under bonnet battery and had a 200AH DCS lithium installed in the Tub as the primary/only battery.
The Ranger was running fine for a few weeks but then it started playing up. It would completely cut out for a split second, (headlights off,dash goes black, warning chime about hill descent control and the windscreen wipers would cycle once).
This would happen every morning and always in the same spot about 200 metres from my house. It would usually only do it once or twice then the car would be fine after it had been driven for a while.
I hooked up Forscan and I saw these errors:
From what I read the puddle lamp error is because I removed the sportsbar. I disabled puddle lamp which I think got rid of that error but I need to check again to see if it came back.
I'm not sure what the Antenna/indicator error is?, indicators are fine.
While I was there I disabled "Battery Monitor" and so far after 1 week I haven't had any issues. Can someone explain how the battery monitor function works and could that have caused my issue?
Lastly should I change any other settings for my Lithium battery setup?
Is there a way to increase the alternator output? I read something about turning the smart function off.