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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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time2roll
Nomad
Oct 30, 2020
BFL13 wrote:
Barre says, "Also, if one battery has a higher voltage than the other, a small circulating current develops between the two parallel batteries...."
No there is no circulating current. There is simply a direct one-way transfer of energy until the batteries are of equal voltage. Then the transfer stops. No eddy, no power loop. Your clamp-on DC ammeter will confirm.

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