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dalehelman
Explorer
May 05, 2014

charge line between house batteries and chassis battery

When I am plugged into shore power my house batteries charge but not my chassis battery. Can I run a charge line from the house batteries to the chassis battery with a diode in line to prevent disch...
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RJsfishin
Explorer
May 05, 2014
Yes, you can, but instead of a diode that will cause voltage drop, I put an off/on switch in line

dalehelman wrote:
When I am plugged into shore power my house batteries charge but not my chassis battery. Can I run a charge line from the house batteries to the
chassis battery with a diode in line to prevent discharge of chassis battery when using house batteries?

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