Forum: Towing and Tow Vehicles
06-09-2011, 09:37 AM
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Edit my last post to add:
IF I let both...
Edit my last post to add:
IF I let both charging systems run while traveling it was for only shorter trips of a few hours. The reason for that was the house battery is a deep cycle and is isn't...
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Forum: Towing and Tow Vehicles
06-09-2011, 08:29 AM
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Gary,
Your turning the converter off is...
Gary,
Your turning the converter off is what I did with the off/on switch on the dash of our motorhome. It allowed me to turn one charging system off, the alternator. If I felt the house...
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Forum: Towing and Tow Vehicles
06-09-2011, 08:23 AM
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Hi John,
To me it seems that you will still...
Hi John,
To me it seems that you will still have two seperate circuits, however they are powered, and they both will sense the house battery state of charge. That means each will react as...
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Forum: Towing and Tow Vehicles
06-08-2011, 03:15 PM
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There was a dash mounted switch to seperate the...
There was a dash mounted switch to seperate the house battery from the truck battery. That was to keep the house from draining the truck starting battery. When traveling I simply connected the two...
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Forum: Towing and Tow Vehicles
06-08-2011, 06:51 AM
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Forum: Towing and Tow Vehicles
06-08-2011, 06:30 AM
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John,
Here is a diagram for thought....
John,
Here is a diagram for thought. Connect D-Cell batteries as a flashlight circuit to the appropriate voltaged lightbulb. In that circuit insert a common wire, bus bar. Do that with different...
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Forum: Towing and Tow Vehicles
06-08-2011, 05:14 AM
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john,
Wouldn't the pieces of equipment have...
john,
Wouldn't the pieces of equipment have their own polarity protections to stop the reverse current flow of other equipment? It still seems to me that as long as the polarity of all equipment...
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Forum: Towing and Tow Vehicles
06-07-2011, 06:00 PM
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Replies: 20
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My guess is that your alternator was blown to...
My guess is that your alternator was blown to begin with so you needed the charger hooked up. The alternator already had problems and was not the result of anything you did unless you crossed the...
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Forum: Towing and Tow Vehicles
06-07-2011, 05:36 PM
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Replies: 20
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Forum: Towing and Tow Vehicles
06-07-2011, 04:24 PM
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