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TreeSeeker
Nov 16, 2017Explorer
The Cyrtix-ct is $51 US on Amazon.
It does seem considerably better than the old battery isolators these RVs came with. This one is two-way, where the originals are only one way.
However, these types of things seem to just be making a battery bank out of two dissimilar batteries which is not recommended. Especially if the two batteries are not of the same size, age, and type.
So I do wonder what the long term effects of this will be.
Ideally, I would think, each battery needs its own multi-stage charger. This is even more complicated since they need multi-stage charging both when on shore power and engine alternator power. And maybe even solar and generator power too. Yikes!
It is all hard to grasp.
It does seem considerably better than the old battery isolators these RVs came with. This one is two-way, where the originals are only one way.
However, these types of things seem to just be making a battery bank out of two dissimilar batteries which is not recommended. Especially if the two batteries are not of the same size, age, and type.
So I do wonder what the long term effects of this will be.
Ideally, I would think, each battery needs its own multi-stage charger. This is even more complicated since they need multi-stage charging both when on shore power and engine alternator power. And maybe even solar and generator power too. Yikes!
It is all hard to grasp.
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