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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 29, 2015
Basically the last two hours were similar as 5 amps at 8 pm and 2.7 amps at 9 pm when I stopped..





14.3 volts... One thing I guess I can do is know the batts are charged when I reach this voltage...




I had trouble with the hydrometer readings through out the testing. Dont know why.

Here is a final..

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