My solar and the chassis batteries
Outside of Quartzsite boondocking for the last month. Very happy with the solar but have one last question i thought id throw out to the group. I can hear that Aux Start relay kicking in. Im thinki...
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mchero wrote:
Thanks Richard, Just as I was going to open this post I realized I had disconnected that solenoid three days ago and I had not checked the chassis battery voltage since BUT I just looked and they are sitting at 12.7 so I'm OK.
"Your 07 Fleetwood Discovery uses a BCC from RV Custom Products. Fleetwood made the change over from Intellitec to RV Custom Products about 1994."
OK, so it has Intellitec on the outer cover but your telling me it's a RV Custom Products? I'll dig a little deeper.
Why not let the solar maintain both banks?
You think I should also be equalizing the chassis batteries at 16.2 as well?
Another reason I'd like to disable that solenoid.
Thanks for the link, if you look thru that forum you will find me as well! I'll ask Old Bounder, good idea!
RM
Maybe Fleetwood mixed the brands of BCC on some models.
I do know Fleetwood financed the start up of RV Customs Products in the early 90s, to reduce costs. It's very possible that supply and demand made for using Intellitec in some later applications.
If you intend on equalizing at 16+ volts, then you idea of a switch on the isolator relay makes ยข.
Richard
