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Re: Battery separator override
If you have an isolator, it will do it for you. From what I have read, they drop the voltage .7 volts, and are not amperage dependent. The bad side is that the reduced voltage makes the batteries...
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I think there will be a bit of a learning curve on that, especially with the added capacity we have now (375AH). I do know that when we leave home, after being plugged in and fully charged, we will...
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Re: Battery separator override
Directly from the alternator, and if yours is the same as our 07 Chevy, the batteries are probably seeing 14.0/14.1 volts continuously while driving.
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01-04-2012, 08:07 PM
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You are absolutely correct. Having the 14.1 volts is a good thing if you driving a short distance and need to top off the batteries. You don't run into problems until the drives get long, with the...
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It appears that the folks with separators have less water usage than those with isolators. I had heard an even higher voltage drop of .7 volts with an isolator, but I have never actually measured...
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Battery separator override
There was a very good discussion on the Yahoo board a while ago about batteries using a lot of water, charge voltages, battery types, etc. We were among the ones that have noticed a fairly large...
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