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BFL13
Explorer II
Jan 15, 2018

Alternator to House Battery Charging Test Results UPDATE

Update 18 Jan-- This is for my rig with its particular wiring (some changes to original done by me). Has the dreaded Ford 2G alternator. Testing on a pair of 6s starting at about 55% SOC and 12....
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brulaz
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Jan 18, 2018
BFL13 wrote:

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Improving the pos path will get me about 28 amps instead of 26 amps.


Maybe the only way you will improve upon that is by up converting (dc-dc) or up-down (dc-120VAC-dc) so you get 14.8V at the house battery.

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