Battery isolator
One of my daughters friends couldn't get her hydraulic jack to work to get her trailer hooked up. I went to help her and the battery that works it was not charging its on the top of the battery isol...
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pianotuna wrote:
Hi,
Most diode based isolators don't work nearly so well as a relay. They drop the voltage too much to allow the "house" battery to fully charge.
I have to question that remark. I've used battery isolators for over 40 years, and they have never given me a moments trouble. The one relay I had to charge the batteries got so hot it would burn your hand if you touched it after 30 minutes of charging.
