On 09/20/2012 05:44 PM, David Beierl wrote: > At 08:26 PM 9/20/2012, Dennis Haynes wrote: >> During non-use the charger will go to 14.5-14.8 volts to complete the >> charge >> cycle which also tests the interior propane alarm. Many small >> indicator/decorator lamps left on burn out from this. > > Yes, the smart regulator I put on Scamp (the boat, not the van) years > ago had an input that would limit voltage whenever halogen lamps were > burning, for just that reason. I had halogen lights in my van for a while, I don't recall what charging scheme I used then, but none failed. These-a-days I've got LED light strips and reading lights any they don't seem to be sensitive to higher voltages. -- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, Bend, Ore. |
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