On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 7:04 PM, Daryl Christensen <daryl@aatransaxle.com>wrote: > OK…My van charges at about 13.6 to 13.8 or9 max. All the spiffy > temp/voltage > AGM battery chargers I see are 120V AC input.. > > Is there an onboard “charger widget” for upping the charge voltage to the > 14.4 the AGB batts need? > Yeah, look for 12v to 12v converters. That's what 'Mr. Squirrel' did in his rig, put it between the 1315 and the aux battery. > > I wasn’t aware that a modern alternator could be tweaked for higher output > voltages. Mine is a 130 amp Ferd alternator and I have an AGM batt for my > refer only. Used to do it on the old mechanical Bug regulators all the > time. > Yeah again. I know of one '87 Westy running an adjustable regulator tweaked to 14.2/4 at the starting battery and it also seems to keep the AGM aux batteries happy. > > > |
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