REDARC. Australian-engineered electrical.
REDARC is Australian-made in-vehicle electrical — designed, engineered and manufactured at Lonsdale in South Australia — and it is the gear we reach for on the jobs that have to keep working — BCDC dual battery chargers, Manager Alpha battery management, VRM trailer light reducers, TIM06 timer relays and the HBA1224 handbrake alarm. Tow-Pro Elite brake controllers, pure sine wave inverters and solar sit alongside them. It is on the shelf at the Townsville workshop, and we fit it as well as sell it.
REDARC is what goes in when the money has already been spent on a serious touring 4WD, a caravan, a truck or a fleet vehicle, and the electrical has to last as long as the machine does. REDARC have been designing, developing and manufacturing this gear for over 45 years by their own account, and the range is deep enough that a job can be specified properly rather than approximated.
The REDARC range, and what each part is for.
BCDC dual battery chargers
The core of a touring or work build. The 12V range runs from the compact BCDC1206 at 6A through the BCDC1220 at 20A, the BCDC1225D at 25A and the BCDC1240D at 40A, up to the BCDC1250D at 50A — plus the BCDC2420 for 24V systems. All accept 9V to 32V in, and the D models take a solar input through an MPPT regulator as well as the alternator. Three-stage charging, with a fourth stage on the 50A that REDARC call SoftStart. Mounting brackets too, because where it goes matters.
Manager Alpha battery management
The Alpha50 and the Alpha100 do the whole job in one box — mains, alternator and solar charging, battery management and monitoring together rather than three separate units bolted to a wall. REDARC rate the Alpha100 at 100A. This is the one for a build where the battery bank is the point rather than an accessory.
Trailer light reducers and interfaces
The VRM reducer takes a 24V truck down to 12V so a trailer's lights work off it, which is the everyday problem on anything with a prime mover in front of it. The VTI-12 trailer light interface handles the 12V side, running LED and incandescent globes at up to 42W per circuit. We fit the reducers as well as supply them.
Tow-Pro Elite brake controllers
Proportional electric brake control, calibrated to the van or the trailer rather than left on a factory guess, with the dial mounted flush in a blank switch position instead of hanging off the dash. Tow-Pro switch inserts to suit. Fitting a Tow-Pro is a job we do — ring us with the vehicle and the van.
Inverters, solar and power supplies
Pure sine wave inverters in 12V at 1000W, 2000W and 3000W, including the RS3, and 24V at 1000W — pure sine because anything with a motor, a compressor or a charger in it is fussy about the waveform it is fed. REDARC 12V solar panels in 180W and 200W, and the DPS2410 DC power supply for 24V at 10A.
RedVision total vehicle management
One display in the wall of the van or the canopy, and everything behind it on one screen — battery state of charge, hours remaining, what the solar is putting in, and switching for the lights, the pump and the fridge. It replaces a bank of rocker switches and a guess about the battery with a single panel.
Handbrake alarms and timer relays
The HBA1224 handbrake alarm runs on 12V or 24V with the buzzer built in — a small part that stops an expensive habit on trucks and plant. The TIM06 timer relay is 12/24V at 10A, and it is the piece for a common request: something that needs to keep running for a set time after the key is off.
The gear, as it ends up fitted.
A caravan we fitted out, photographed in July 2024. What a spec sheet cannot show you is where the box actually goes and how the cable gets to it, and that is most of what decides whether a system is any good to live with.
The honest take.
REDARC does not appear in our online shop, and that is not a comment on the brand — the online shop is the Lift Easy side of the business, not the auto electrical side. REDARC sits on the shelf at the Townsville workshop instead. Ring us or come in, tell us what the vehicle has to do, and we will work out which part of the range actually suits it rather than selling you up the list.
REDARC questions.
Why can't I find REDARC in your online shop?+
What does a DCDC charger actually do?+
Which BCDC charger do I need?+
What is the difference between a BCDC and a Manager Alpha?+
Do you fit REDARC, or only sell it?+
Can I bring my own REDARC kit and have you fit it?+
Touring build needs proper electrical? Let's spec the REDARC.