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BFL13
Explorer II
Oct 20, 2020

House and Engine Battery -Update 2-Surge? REGEN threat!

Update 24 Oct, Update 2- 28 Oct I have not worried before about alternator charging with House and Engine both being flooded or even when I had AGM House and flooded for the Engine. That include...
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MEXICOWANDERER
Explorer
Oct 27, 2020
Simple R limiting is cheap and foolproof. From the battery splitter run smaller AWG. 10, 12, 14, whatever gets the job done. Use cross linked insulated wire.

E=I/R Control. Worse case for safe voltage drop. Determine length present then max amperage allowance for load. You can cheat and use an ohms per Mil chart then fractionalize to fit. But you MUST USE cross link insulated wire.

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