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Snowman9000
Explorer
Nov 19, 2016

Alternator Charging of MH House Batts, Ineffective Control

Forest River is putting a Precision Circuits Inc. "Battery Isolation Manager" in at least some lines of its MH's, including my Sunseeker. Please look at this 2 page PDF about the product. Note ite...
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Snowman9000
Explorer
Nov 19, 2016
I had a BIRD. From what I read, if the IGN is on and the chassis voltage is >13.3V, it is charging the house batteries, period. Doesn't that make more sense?

(There are a couple of safety exceptions to account for big loads, but the the basic logic is what I wrote.)

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