OVERLANDER FOR HIRE

A few years ago Enertec Batteries were tasked with a requirement from Avis Safari Rentals to supply them with the best and most reliable, cost-effective battery for their 4x4 rental vehicles as they were experiencing untenable battery issues. Investing in batteries is often overlooked as a general commodity, however, a battery is the heartbeat of the vehicle, supplying all power and starting requirements. It can literally make or break one’s leisure and/or bush experience.

First we established what hardware would be fitted to the Avis vehicles in order to assess their typical power consumption needs and patterns.

Our conclusion was to look at this project as a pure off-grid application as the vehicles spend extended periods away from a 220 Volt power source and furthermore every trip was to be treated as