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coolmom42
Explorer II
Jun 26, 2014

Charging house battery from alternator---disconnect switch??

I saw a post (either here or in the Class B section) about exactly how to wire a house battery to charge off the alternator. The description included directions on how to wire a switch to disconnect ...
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tpi
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Jun 26, 2014
wwest wrote:
My class C has a relay that couples the engine charging system to the house battery ONLY when the alternator is powering the rotor winding internally.


In other words it requires alternator output to connect the two systems? Is this a typical wiring scheme, rather than ignition on to connect the batteries?

Reason I ask is in alternator failure scenario I am hoping to run generator and back power the engine from the power converter.

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