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Date:         Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:41:48 -0700
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: [Nearly Off-Topic] Seeking Battery Switch
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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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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