Surepower battery separator to charge truck and camper
I've got a Surepower 1314a battery separator. I had a 1314 and they sent me a 1314a as a replacement after a recall.
I've got this in my slide in truck camper. I've got 2 batteries in the truck (F250 diesel) and one in the camper. The truck and camper often sit unused for weeks or months at a time, and at my new home it's not practical to run an extension cord for a battery tender. I've got an 80w solar panel on the roof of the camper, hooked into a charge controller. In the past, I kept the camper battery topped off via the solar panel.
Now I'd like to hook up the solar charger to act as a battery tender for both the truck batteries and the camper battery. I'm thinking if I connect the wires from the charge controller to the same posts on the battery separator that connect the truck battery to the charge controller, then any time there is over 13.2v from the solar, it will charge both sets of batteries. If under 13.2v, the separator will not activate, and only the truck batteries will get a charge.
Since I know nothing about electronics, and i'm told the surepower can get hot, I was wondering if anyone out there has some ideas if this will work and if it's safe. And what happens when the camper is disconnected from the truck, but the charge controller is still putting power to the battery separator?
Thanks for any input!
I've got this in my slide in truck camper. I've got 2 batteries in the truck (F250 diesel) and one in the camper. The truck and camper often sit unused for weeks or months at a time, and at my new home it's not practical to run an extension cord for a battery tender. I've got an 80w solar panel on the roof of the camper, hooked into a charge controller. In the past, I kept the camper battery topped off via the solar panel.
Now I'd like to hook up the solar charger to act as a battery tender for both the truck batteries and the camper battery. I'm thinking if I connect the wires from the charge controller to the same posts on the battery separator that connect the truck battery to the charge controller, then any time there is over 13.2v from the solar, it will charge both sets of batteries. If under 13.2v, the separator will not activate, and only the truck batteries will get a charge.
Since I know nothing about electronics, and i'm told the surepower can get hot, I was wondering if anyone out there has some ideas if this will work and if it's safe. And what happens when the camper is disconnected from the truck, but the charge controller is still putting power to the battery separator?
Thanks for any input!
