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mchero
Explorer
Feb 27, 2020

Here we go again yet another Trombetta "Big Boy" failure!

I have just about had it with these P.O.S. Trombetta isolator solenoids. My 1st class A diesel, a 93 Pace Arrow was not charging the house batteries while driving down the road. Found the Trombetta ...
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BFL13
Explorer II
Feb 27, 2020
You could choose to by-pass the isolator and always have the house to engine batts in parallel even when engine is off. Or you could have a manual disconnect instead of that isolator. One way would be a fuse in a holder. Pull the fuse as your way to disconnect.

Pros and cons for leaving them in parallel. One pro is if parked for long your solar can keep the engine battery up too without having a separate charger for that.

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