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Gerald55
Explorer
Dec 02, 2015

Switch for alternator to coach battery disconnect

I would like to be able to sometimes turn off the engine alternator charging of the house batteries on my rig. To do that, I'm thinking of putting a switch on the positive chargeline running from the ...
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Bobbo
Explorer III
Dec 03, 2015
wolfe10 wrote:
He said: ", I'm thinking of putting a switch on the positive chargeline running from the alternator back to the batteries..."

That is only a partial quote. What he actually said was:

Gerald55 wrote:
I would like to be able to sometimes turn off the engine alternator charging of the house batteries on my rig. To do that, I'm thinking of putting a switch on the positive chargeline running from the alternator back to the batteries.

Note that he stipulated "house batteries."

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