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lawrosa
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Mar 22, 2015

Charging with TV alternator... Mod with pics...

Finally finished my charging cable mod from TV alt/battery direct to camper batterys for dry camping... I did a small charge today and checked voltages only. My clamp on amp meter was not working.....
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lawrosa
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Mar 23, 2015
sch911 wrote:
So you're planning on leaving the truck run for hours and hours during the day? Doesn't sound so economical to me...


Again... why not??? Maybe 2 hours...Have you calculated the gas use of an idleing truck vs a genberator running at 3500 rpm;s? IMO the truck wins every time...


Please explain...

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