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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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Ivylog
Explorer III
Nov 20, 2016
MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
THE Leece-Neville on the bottom image frequently operates at 150 CONTINUOUS AMPS 24/7.

I agree with this statement if it is in a OTR truck with air from the fan going over it. In my DP with a side radiator I have no idea how much cooling air reaches the alternator compared to the hot air off the exhaust manifold and turbo. I did consider running a 4" dryer vent tube to it but where to mount to get the cooling air and no water??? I decided running the generator was the easiest solution.

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