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Jul 04, 2016

"Separator" relay - connect/disconnect house battery

I need to properly wire up the separator relay that connect the house battery to the drive battery. I have a switch on the dash that runs 12V from the house battery to the relay, closing the conta...

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Explorer III

Jul 06, 2016

Here's a picture of a modern-day BIRD module http://intellitec.com/index.php/products/DC_Power_Management/Intelligent_battery_charging/The_BIRD

It's about 3 inches square and an inch or so high. In the installations I've seen the fuse is between 100 and 150 amps, so the power converter or alternator can never blow them, but one battery dumping into another can easily exceed that.

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