Date:         Tue, 16 Jan 2001 12:52:08 -0800
Reply-To:     Graham Challis <centumg@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Graham Challis <centumg@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Alternator/Aux Battery
Comments: To: Bill Davidson <wdavidson@thegrid.net>
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Well - all points well taken!  I shouldn't have said
"best", rather "this has worked for me for 10 years
with no problem".  I don't have a westy so my
situation may be slightly different.  My Dometic
fridge is only a 2-way, must be isolated from the main
battery for obvious reasons, so needs the aux. battery
to be charged unless I'm at at KOA or something with a
110v hookup.  I didn't know about the separators but
they sound good too.  The isolator has been convenient
and reliable for me, and my fridge seems to remain
cold as long as I drive every couple of days.

Graham
90 GL auto. country homes camper conversion




--- Bill Davidson <wdavidson@thegrid.net> wrote:
> > The best way to keep an aux. battery charged is by
> > using a battery isolator.
>
> Well....
>
> 'best' is often dependent on your point of view....
> we've hashed this over may times with some pretty
> smart people giving the
> input and there has been no consensus yet as to the
> 'best' set up....
>
> for instance,
> some think a manual switch is best... it gives them
> ultimate control...
> some think using the existing 'fridge relay' is best
> because it is easiest,
> cheapest, automatic, and doesn't have the voltage
> loss (better battery
> charge) that the isolator has...
> some think the isolator is best because it keeps the
> two batteries
> separate...
> some think the new electronic 'battery separators
> are better than the
> isolators...
> I forget all the fine points... but it seems to me
> that if someone really
> wants to find the 'best' aux battery connection for
> their particular use it
> would be worth the effort to read the archives for
> the past year....
>
> Bill
>


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