Dashboard Alternator light
Hi all, The MPPT controller on my coach will deliver 14.6 volts in bulk mode which is fine. In fact it’s exactly what the specs on my GC2 house batteries call for. But when I turn on the engine and...
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pianotuna wrote:
eric,
It gives you control over whether there will be charging or not. Personally I'd put a dc to DC charger in.
I think what I am going to try and figure out how to build is a diode (if that's the right piece) with a remote manual bypass so that I can stop solar from going to the chassis battery but continue to receive alternator output to the house batteries while driving during the day. I think it could be inline with the cable that runs from the BIRD to the chassis battery. When I'm parked, I could bypass the "diode" and let shore, solar or generator juice flow wherever it's needed, like it does now. I would think I could build something like that for not a lot of money.
