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Harvey51
Explorer
Apr 01, 2016

Quick mod to maintain engine battery from solar supply

I was thinking how strange it was to be hooking up a battery maintainer to the engine battery of the small class C parked in the driveway when I have a surplus of power from a solar panel on the roof....
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TreeSeeker
Explorer
Apr 16, 2016
Harvey51,

I think you may have not understood Pianotuna's comment about using a Trik-L-Start. This is not a traditional 120VAC trickle charger but rather a device that connects between the house battery and engine battery that keeps the engine battery charged while the house battery is being charged (by another source).

For more about the Trik-L-Start see here.

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