Date:         Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:42:48 -0700
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From:         neil <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: [WetWesties] Aux Battery Charging Alternatives Question for
              the Electrical Gurus
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Yah I wondered if cig sockets might be "mickey mouse". Sounds like
you've done er' up right!

But you've solved the potential problem no? With the single connector?
Or did I misread your first post?

A switch came to mind also. To switch between panel and charger.

But I'm curious.

Will isolator block other inputs if "seeing" alternator input? I
imagine not if there is only one wire to connect all input sources to.



On 7/18/07, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/18/07, neil <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I was thinking of solar etc. just last night.
> > If I were to set up solar, I'd install a cig lighter socket to accept
> > input from either a battery charger or solar.
>
> One thing I didn't mention in my post about the Norcold hookup was that I
> used Anderson Powerpole connectors for everything, all connections for the
> system.  Small 30 amp connectors for to Norcold and lager, one piece 75 amp
> connectors for all the rest of the wiring for charging circuits. The large
> ones are overkill but easy to work with and to the scale of the #10 wire I
> used for ataching the solar panel or charger.  I detest cigarette lighter
> plugs for anything even though I use them.  About the only thing I can say
> good about them is that most such cords/connectors have a fuse built into
> the plug.  But any line I run anywhere is fused already.  I've always found
> cigarette lighter plugs high resistance, fragile and awkward.  When I get
> the chance my aux battery supply for things like my laptop, TV/DVD player,
> etc. will all be changed to the small Anderson Powerpole connectors or the
> SAE offset connectors used often on solar panels, sometimes called Ford
> connectors or Trailer connectors.
> Buyt I agree with your model, that is in fact what I set up, a single
> connector for the battery, change plugs for solar vs generator.  And a
> switch has come to mind also.
>
>
>


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