Floating the Engine Battery Class C? UPDATE 3
Updated 19 May. and 20 May twice ------ (I know about the other ways like Trickle etc.) Question here is, can I put a 12v plug into the dash cig lighter socket and connect that plug to the ...
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i used a small Drock buck converter from Amazon
i fused the input at 10amps,
connected input to house DC, adjusted output to 13.xx with DMM
connected to output to the chassis fuse BUSS (batteries are in the rear of coach)
after blowing the fuse during cold engine starts
i replaced with 10amp fuse, with a 10 amp auto reset breaker
the chassis batteries stayed up, and start the engine
but the high draw would sometimes cause enough drop that fully topped off house batteries with Solar charging would give and in rush surge thru my little Drock maintainer and blow the fuse, then it could not do its job
since it was a buck converter stepping down from the house voltage
if the house volts dropped below the output setup, it did not drain the house to charge the chassis
if the house got low from heavy inverter use, the chassis batteries were effectively removed from circuit and not affected, they just stopped being on float
but if the converter was charging or the solar topping off, then chassis batteries were on float
i used a small Drock buck converter from Amazon
i fused the input at 10amps,
connected input to house DC, adjusted output to 13.xx with DMM
connected to output to the chassis fuse BUSS (batteries are in the rear of coach)
after blowing the fuse during cold engine starts
i replaced with 10amp fuse, with a 10 amp auto reset breaker
the chassis batteries stayed up, and start the engine
but the high draw would sometimes cause enough drop that fully topped off house batteries with Solar charging would give and in rush surge thru my little Drock maintainer and blow the fuse, then it could not do its job
since it was a buck converter stepping down from the house voltage
if the house volts dropped below the output setup, it did not drain the house to charge the chassis
if the house got low from heavy inverter use, the chassis batteries were effectively removed from circuit and not affected, they just stopped being on float
but if the converter was charging or the solar topping off, then chassis batteries were on float
