1985 southwind multi battery set up?
Once again I got another question about this thing. Has 3 batterys, 1 main and 2 house. I noticed that theres 2 ways of hooking this up. 1. Solenoid 2. Isolator Now I have never seen some one...
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"most last 10-20 yrs, despite what some will tell you."
Should have taken a image of that scrap metal dumpster when I had a chance.
I had to ferret out "ESSEX tower" constant duty solenoids to replace the metal can type. They were rated for 100-amps and usually could be counted on to last two to three times as long as the regular ones.
MAKE SURE your CS-130 alternator in that bounder has a LIVE connection to the "S" terminal in the voltage regulator plug-in. Battery power 100% of the time. Battery power from the HOUSE batteries, NOT the engine starting battery.
Of course this causes CONFLICTS about what the alternator voltage regulator is going to do. The alternator tries to charge more to bring voltage to the HOUSE batteries in line with reality but the rectifiers in the "isolator" don't know that and the engine starting battery voltage soars.
Rectifier based battery isolators have gone the way of the Dodo for a reason. They have mighty serious shortcomings. Good in their day, so were buggy whips.
I like SMART SOLENOIDS especially the 200-amp rated ones, for a good reason.
Should have taken a image of that scrap metal dumpster when I had a chance.
I had to ferret out "ESSEX tower" constant duty solenoids to replace the metal can type. They were rated for 100-amps and usually could be counted on to last two to three times as long as the regular ones.
MAKE SURE your CS-130 alternator in that bounder has a LIVE connection to the "S" terminal in the voltage regulator plug-in. Battery power 100% of the time. Battery power from the HOUSE batteries, NOT the engine starting battery.
Of course this causes CONFLICTS about what the alternator voltage regulator is going to do. The alternator tries to charge more to bring voltage to the HOUSE batteries in line with reality but the rectifiers in the "isolator" don't know that and the engine starting battery voltage soars.
Rectifier based battery isolators have gone the way of the Dodo for a reason. They have mighty serious shortcomings. Good in their day, so were buggy whips.
I like SMART SOLENOIDS especially the 200-amp rated ones, for a good reason.
