heyobie wrote:
Gritdog,
To get the charge from the alternator to the house, can I just run a wire from the positive car battery terminal to the battery switch that goes to the house battery! I don't want to play with the alternator if I don't have to.
If so, does it need to be a large diameter cable or a 12 wire sufficient?
The positive car (chassis) battery terminal IS connected to the alternator output. So connecting to one connects you to the other.
This wire could be pumping 30-100amps of current back to your house battery(s) (depending on the alternator and # of batteries in your house bank), so it needs to be thick battery cable.
I assume when you say "battery switch" you mean the solenoid. The switch on your dash is an override switch to the solenoid to force it to be "on" (connecting the house batteries to the chassis battery). So you won't be hooking up your battery cables to the "switch"...you will be hooking them up to the solenoid. Make sense?
Good luck!
Chris
